Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
AESCHYLUSWhen a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
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To learn is to be young, however old.
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Know not to revere human things too much.
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Take courage; pain’s extremity soon ends.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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Excessive fear is always powerless.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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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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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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A world of wealth is trash if men are wanting; men who have no wealth never find fortune smiling as their strength deserves.
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Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.
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