There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.
HOMERIt is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.
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Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
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Even a fool learns something once it hits him.
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There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.
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Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.
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There is nothing alive more agonized than man / of all that breathe and crawl across the earth.
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We men are wretched things.
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Any moment might be our last.
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It is wrong to be sorry without ceasing.
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Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.
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Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.
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Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
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No one can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man’s hour is come, be he brave or be he coward, there is no escape for him when he has once been born.
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Everything looks bad if you remember it.
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Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
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Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other.
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