It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
AESCHYLUSWiles and deceit are female qualities.
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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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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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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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Fear is stronger than arms.
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In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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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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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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