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.
AESCHYLUSIt is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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My will is mine, I shall not make it soft for you.
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I gave them hope, and so turned away their eyes from death.
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Wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain.
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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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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Many among men are they who set high the show of honor, yet break justice.
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When evil come on those we dearly love, never shall we betray them.
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The high strength of men knows no content with limitation.
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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.
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Fear hurries on my tongue through want of courage.
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My heart’s a dance of fear.
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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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Honor modesty more than your life.
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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 loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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