Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
AESCHYLUSWhen a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
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Don’t try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped.
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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart’s controls.
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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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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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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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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Honor modesty more than your life.
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Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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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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