It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
AESCHYLUSThe future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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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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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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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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But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
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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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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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The reward of suffering is experience.
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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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Sweet is a grief well ended.
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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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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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