Know thyself means this, that you get acquainted with what you know, and what you can do.
MENANDERHow sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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How sweet is life, can we but choose with whom to live it: to live for oneself is no life.
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Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.
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Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.
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To live is not to live for one’s self; let us help one another.
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The good man makes others good.
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Whom the gods love dies young.
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If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men’s troubles and that will comfort you.
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A man that runs away may fight again.
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The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.
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We live, not as we wish to, but as we can.
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Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature’s way, give their own characters The name of Fortune.
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There is no such cozy combination as man and wife.
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Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
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There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
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At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool.
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