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We men are wretched things.

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My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius.
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Inspirational Life Positive Wealth
Let 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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Die Glorious Greatness Inspirational Men Struggle
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other’s good, and melt at other’s woe.
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Glow Goodness Heart Inspirational Learning Melt Teaching Time
There is nothing alive more agonized than man / of all that breathe and crawl across the earth.
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Alive Breathe Crawl Earth Man
Any moment might be our last.
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Death Life Moments One Liner
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
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Sleep Time
Each man delights in the work that suits him best.
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Business Delight Inspirational Man Work
A guest never forgets the host who has treated him kindly.
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Forget Guest Host Kind Treatment
Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.
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Death Die Grief Hunger
Too many kings can ruin an army.
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Army Business King Leadership One Liner Ruin
Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
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Heart Worst
How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
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Doubt Wise
Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind.
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Confuse Difficult Dreams Mankind Sure
Even a fool learns something once it hits him.
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Fools Hit Learning One Liner
The stars never lie, but the astrologers lie about the stars.
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Astrology Lie Stars
Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.
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Against Earth God Immortal Men Thinking

We men are wretched things.

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