They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn.
AESCHYLUS
Fear is stronger than arms.
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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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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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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend’s success without envy.
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When a man’s willing and eager the god’s join in.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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Learning is ever in the freshness of its youth, even for the old.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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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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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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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 easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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