In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
AESCHYLUSHonor modesty more than your life.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
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A curse burns bright on crime
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You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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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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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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Suffering brings experience.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Sweet is a grief well ended.
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In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
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Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.
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Know not to revere human things too much.
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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