And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they hasten on their course in vain.

To learn is to be young, however old.

But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man's blood, there is no way to raise him up.

Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

Whoever is new to power is always harsh.

The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.

There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.