We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
AESCHYLUSBut when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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It is easy for the one who stands outside the prison-wall of pain to exhort and teach the one who suffers.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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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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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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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
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Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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If a man should wanton walk with crime, he shall find in death no great deliverance.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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