Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
HOMERLet me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.
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A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.
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Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other.
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Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
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How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
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Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.
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A guest never forgets the host who has treated him kindly.
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Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.
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There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
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Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.
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Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.
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The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
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My every impulse bends to what is right.
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It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.
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Death submits to no one.
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The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return.
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