It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
AESCHYLUSIn every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
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For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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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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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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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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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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