Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
AESCHYLUSWhen a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
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To learn is to be young, however old.
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Time brings all things to pass.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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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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They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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Take courage; pain’s extremity soon ends.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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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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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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