We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
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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Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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Excessive fear is always powerless.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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Sweet is a grief well ended.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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If a man should wanton walk with crime, he shall find in death no great deliverance.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
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Arrogance is truly the child of impiety, but from health of soul comes happiness, dear to all, much prayed for.
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