In every tyrant’s heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
AESCHYLUSWhen evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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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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To learn is to be young, however old.
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Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
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Everyone is ready to speak ill of a stranger.
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I have not need to promise what I cannot do.
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Wrong must not win by technicalities.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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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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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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Fear is stronger than arms.
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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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The act of evil breeds others to follow, young sins in its own likeness.
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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Give me an answer which is plain to understand.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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For somehow this is tyranny’s disease, to trust no friends.
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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Sweet is a grief well ended.
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I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
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We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
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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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Learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods.
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By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
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