It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
AESCHYLUSFear is stronger than arms.
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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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In war, the first casualty is truth.
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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one’s life.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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Know not to revere human things too much.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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But when once the earth has sucked up a dead man’s blood, there is no way to raise him up.
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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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Take courage; pain’s extremity soon ends.
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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 heart’s a dance of fear.
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