Anger exceeding limits causes fear and excessive kindness eliminates respect.
EURIPIDESDo not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.
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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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Death is the only water to wash away this dirt.
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Stronger than lover’s love is lover’s hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.
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Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.
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Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
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Of all creatures that can feel and think, we women are the worst treated things alive
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God helps him who strives hard.
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Common sense is the best prophet.
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Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first makes angry.
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Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.
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The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.
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Hate is a bottomless cup; I will pour and pour.
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Cleverness is not wisdom.
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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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Authority is never without hate.
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