When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
AESCHYLUSI gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
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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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Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
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The reward of suffering is experience.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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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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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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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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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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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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Tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world.
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