We spoil ourselves with scruples long as things go well.
AESCHYLUSDeath is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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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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In war, the first casualty is truth.
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Reverence for parents stands written among the three laws of most revered righteousness.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
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Nothing forces us to know, What we do not want to know except pain.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know except pain.
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Wiles and deceit are female qualities.
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Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.
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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
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You shall learn, though late, the lesson of how to be discreet.
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