Honor modesty more than your life.
AESCHYLUSFew men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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For wherein is life sweet to him who suffers 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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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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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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Sweet is a grief well ended.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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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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