Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
AESCHYLUSIt is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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Take courage; pain’s extremity soon ends.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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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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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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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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Fear is stronger than arms.
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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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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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