The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
EURIPIDESDo not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.
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Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
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Experience, travel – these are an education in themselves.
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The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.
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The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.
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Man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
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Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.
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It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.
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There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.
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Death is the only water to wash away this dirt.
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The good and wise lead quite lives.
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The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.
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Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.
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The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.
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The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.
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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
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