When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor, no worthiness.
EURIPIDESThe 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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For in other ways a woman is full of fear, defenseless, dreads the sight of cold steel; but, when once she is wronged in the matter of love, no other soul can hold so many thoughts of blood.
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Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
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There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.
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Man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
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When a man’s stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
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Old loves are dropped when new ones come.
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It’s human; we all put self interest first.
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Who then will dare to say I’m weak or timid? No, they’ll say I’m loyal as a friend, ruthless as a foe, so much like a hero destined for glory.
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The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.
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Experience, travel – these are an education in themselves.
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Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man’s eyes.
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It is a good thing to be rich and strong, but it is a better thing to be loved.
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If the gods do evil then they are not gods.
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You will not achieve happiness if you don’t work hard; and it’s a shame not to want to work hard.
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The greatest pleasure of life is love.
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Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.
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Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
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Death is what men want when the anguish of living is more than they can bear.
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Enough is abundance to the wise.
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The care of God for us is a great thing, if a man believe it at heart: it plucks the burden of sorrow from him.
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The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.
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Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.
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Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.
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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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We must take care of our minds because we cannot benefit from beauty when our brains are missing.
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In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you’ve heard the other side.
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