We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.
EURIPIDESChance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
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I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.
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Hate is a bottomless cup; I will pour and pour.
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Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end.
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Who then will dare to say I’m weak or timid? No, they’ll say I’m loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.
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The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.
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Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.
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Authority is never without hate.
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When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him.
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The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.
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A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
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Money is the wise man’s religion.
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No one who lives in error is free.
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Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.
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Experience, travel – these are an education in themselves.
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He who believes needs no explanation.
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