It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
AESCHYLUSEveryone is ready to speak ill of a stranger.
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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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In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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The future you shall know when it has come; before then, forget it.
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When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
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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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Simple is the speech of truth.
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Fear is stronger than arms.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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Words are doctors for the diseased temper.
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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
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Excessive fear is always powerless.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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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.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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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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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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