Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
AESCHYLUSThe act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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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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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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In war, the first casualty is truth.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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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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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
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You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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