By the sword you did your work, and by the sword you die.
AESCHYLUSSimple is the speech of truth.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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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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Horror gives place to wonder at your true account; The rest outstrips our comprehension; we give up.
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Fear is stronger than arms.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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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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By time and age full many things are taught.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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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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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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There is advantage in the wisdom won from pain.
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Suffering brings experience.
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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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God’s most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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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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