I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
AESCHYLUSIt is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger.
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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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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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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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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
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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.
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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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Honor modesty more than your life.
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When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
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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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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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