Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
AESCHYLUSFor it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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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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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.
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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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In every enterprise is no greater evil than bad companionship.
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Take courage; pain’s extremity soon ends.
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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