Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
AESCHYLUSHappiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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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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Nothing forces us to know, What we do not want to know except pain.
AESCHYLUSNothing forces us to know, What we do not want to know except pain.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
AESCHYLUSThere is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
AESCHYLUSDeath is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
AESCHYLUSLearning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
AESCHYLUSUnanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
AESCHYLUSThere is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
AESCHYLUSThe act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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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.
AESCHYLUSThey 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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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
AESCHYLUSIt’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
AESCHYLUSFear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
AESCHYLUSJustice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
AESCHYLUSIt is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
AESCHYLUSNothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
AESCHYLUSFew men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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