It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
AESCHYLUSShe looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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In war, the first casualty is truth.
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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
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If a man should wanton walk with crime, he shall find in death no great deliverance.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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