I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
AESCHYLUSBut when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
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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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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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Nothing forces us to know, What we do not want to know except pain.
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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
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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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When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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