Only one accomplishment is beyond both the power and the mercy of the Gods. They cannot make the past as though it had never been.
AESCHYLUSIt is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship.
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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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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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Simple is the speech of truth.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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By time and age full many things are taught.
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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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Nothing forces us to know, What we do not want to know except pain.
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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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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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