A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.
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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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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Time brings all things to pass.
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The reward of suffering is experience.
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