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Take the joy and bear the sorrow, looking past your hopes and fears: learn to recognize the measured dance that orders all our years.

Archilochus

Take the joy and bear the sorrow, looking past your hopes and fears: learn to recognize the measured dance that orders all our years.
ARCHILOCHUS

Dance Fear Hope Joy Order Ourselves Sorrow
These golden matters Of Gyges and his treasuries Are no concern of mine. Jealousy has no power over me, Nor do I envy a god his work, And I do not burn to rule. Such things have no Fascination for my eyes.
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Burn Eyes Gold Myself Power Rule Treasure
Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature’s, not honour’s law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.
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Boast Courage Myself Safety Willing
Be brave, my heart. Plant your feet and square your shoulders to the enemy. Meet him among the man-killing spears. Hold your ground. In victory, do not brag; in defeat, do not weep.
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Brave Defeat Enemy Heart Myself Plant
Nothing can be sworn impossible since Zeus made night during mid-day, hiding the light of the shining Sun.
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Hide Impossible Light Sun Sworn
Old women should not seek to be perfumed.
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Perfume Seek Woman
I have a high art, I hurt with cruelty those who would damage me.
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Art Damage Hurt Myself
We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training.
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Level Ourselves Rise Training
And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again?
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Grave Life Myself Save
The Fox knows many things-the hedgehog one big one.
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Animal Knowledge
Zeus, the father of the Olympic Gods, turned mid-day into night, hiding the light of the dazzling Sun; and sore fear came upon men.
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Father Fear God Hide Light

Take the joy and bear the sorrow, looking past your hopes and fears: learn to recognize the measured dance that orders all our years.

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