The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.
EURIPIDESBoth to the rich and poor, wine is the happy antidote for sorrow.
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It is the wise man’s part to leave in darkness everything that is ugly.
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Worse than a true evil is it to bear the burden of faults that are not truly yours.
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Do not grieve so much for a husband lost that it wastes away your life.
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Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
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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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The fiercest anger of all, the most incurable, Is that which rages in the place of dearest love.
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Silence is true wisdom’s best reply.
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The day is for honest men, the night for thieves.
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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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God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
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One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
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Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
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I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.
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My love for you was greater than my wisdom.
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It’s human; we all put self interest first.
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