The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
AESCHYLUSIn every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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In war, the first casualty is truth.
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Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.
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We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
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Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
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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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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
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Sweet is a grief well ended.
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Take courage; pain’s extremity soon ends.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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The reward of suffering is experience.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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