Oh, What A World Full Of Pain

To Conduct Great Matters And Never Commit A Fault Is Above The Force Of Human Nature.

Were It Only To Learn Benevolence To Humankind, We Should Be Merciful To Other Creatures.

I Confess Myself The Greatest Coward In The World, For I Dare Not Do An Ill Thing.

When I Myself Had Twice Or Thrice Made A Resolute Resistance Unto Anger, The Like Befell Me That Did The Thebans; Who, Having Once Foiled The Lacedaemonians (who Before That Time Had Held Themselves Invincible), Never After Lost So Much As One Battle Which They Fought Against Them.

For There Is No Virtue, The Honour And Credit For Which Procures A Man More Odium From The Elite Than That Of Justice; And This, Because More Than Any Other, It Acquires A Man Power And Authority Among The Common People. For They Only Honour The Valiant And Admire The Wise, While In Addition They Also Love Just Men, And Put Entire Trust And Confidence In Them.