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The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

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Neither skill nor wisdom can be achieved without knowledge.

Democritus

Even the wisest of wise men makes mistakes.

Aeschylus

The good should be measured by quality not quantity.

Aesop

Work above all brings light into our lives.

Pindar

One hand washes the other.

Epicharmus

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Heraclitus

Glory is not won through easy struggles.

Sophocles

The beginning is more than half of the whole, and when one has begun many of the things one seeks have already become known.

Aristotle

Nature is used to hiding herself.

Heraclitus

Good things are accomplished through learning and hard work.

Democritus

There is no human activity without obstacles.

Simonides

The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.

Plutarch

Nothing great can be achieved without great risk.

Herodotus

The race will not wait for the tardy athlete.

Fragments of the tragic poets

Nothing can be attained without effort.

Musonius

All things can be achieved through industry and effort.

Menander

There are two sides to every question.

Protagoras

If someone is not taught then he can conquer neither art nor wisdom.

Democritus

Effort is said to be the father of fame.

Euripides

Don’t render judgment before you hear both sides.

Hesiod

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

Epicurus

One that desires to excel should endeavor in those things that are in themselves most excellent.

Epictetus

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men all live in a city without walls.

Epicurus

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Plutarch

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

Epicurus

Happiness resides not in posessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.

Democritus

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

Plato

No progress is made without exertion.

Sophocles

Whenever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity.

Hippocrates

It is necessary to strive.

Euripides

Work is not shameful; it is shameful not to work.

Hesiod

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

Antisthenes

No good comes of idleness.

Sophocles

Nothing is more important than hard work.

Antiphanes

A ship is safer with three anchors than one.

Euripides

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

Aristotle