It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
AESCHYLUSFor somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
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You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers grief?
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It’s not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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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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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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A curse burns bright on crime
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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
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Know yourself and fit yourself to new fashions. For there is a new ruler among the gods.
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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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Sweet is a grief well ended.
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To learn is to be young, however old.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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Courage! Suffering, when it climbs highest, lasts not long.
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Nothing forces us to know, What we do not want to know except pain.
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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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