Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
AESCHYLUSAgainst necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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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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Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart’s controls.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.
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Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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