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Ovid
Let love give way to
Let love give way to business; give attention to business and you will be safe.
95
Ovid
As the yellow gold is
As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
65
Ovid
It is annoying to be
It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
67
Ovid
Minds that are ill at
Minds that are ill at ease are agitated by both hope and fear.
101
Ovid
Love is full of anxious
Love is full of anxious fears.
81
Ovid
A short absence is the
A short absence is the safest.
42
Sophocles
Truth is always the strongest
Truth is always the strongest argument.
53
Ovid
The spirited horse, which will
The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged.
78
Sophocles
Chance never helps those who
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
53
Sophocles
Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
51
Sophocles
It is terrible to speak
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
42
Sophocles
The dice of Zeus always
The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.
45
Sophocles
Kindness gives birth to kindness.
Kindness gives birth to kindness.
37
Sophocles
None loves the messenger who
None loves the messenger who brings bad news.
49
Laurence J. Peter
Don't knock the rich. When
Don't knock the rich. When did a poor person give you a job?
37
Laurence J. Peter
In a hierarchy every employee
In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.
41
Laurence J. Peter
Make three correct guesses consecutively
Make three correct guesses consecutively and you will establish a reputation as an expert.
50
Laurence J. Peter
If at first you don't
If at first you don't succeed, lie, lie again.
41
Laurence J. Peter
Man cannot live by incompetence
Man cannot live by incompetence alone.
37
Laurence J. Peter
Men now monopolize the upper
Men now monopolize the upper levels depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.
36
Laurence J. Peter
Don't believe in miracles --
Don't believe in miracles -- depend on them.
48
Laurence J. Peter
Political success is the ability,
Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.
39
Gloria Steinem
Writing is the only thing
Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.
68
Gloria Steinem
The authority of any governing
The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin.
66