Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
AESCHYLUSThere is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
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But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
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Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.
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Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.
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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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