Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
AESCHYLUSReverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
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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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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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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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Words are doctors for the diseased temper.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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The reward of suffering is experience.
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When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
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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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Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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