Mortal fate is hard. You’d best get used to it.
EURIPIDESThe day is for honest men, the night for thieves.
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I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend’s prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief.
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Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man’s eyes.
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The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.
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The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.
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God helps him who strives hard.
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This is slavery, not to speak one’s thought.
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Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
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Your worst enemy Becomes your best friend, once he’s underground.
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The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
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God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
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Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end.
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No one who goes against her can win.
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The wisest men follow their own direction.
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I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.
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Let a man accept his destiny, No pity and no tears.
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