Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
AESCHYLUSMany among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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It is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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