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Youth is quick in feeling but weak in judgement.

Homer

My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius.
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Inspirational Life Positive Wealth
What are the children of men, but as leaves that drop at the wind’s breath?
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Breath Children Drop Leaf Men Wind
Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.
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Die Glorious Greatness Inspirational Men Struggle
Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.
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Empty One Liner Unsaid Wind
How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
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Doubt Wise
Empty words are evil.
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Empty Evil Feeling One Liner
I guess some people never change. Or, they quickly change and then quickly change back.
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Change Guess People Quick
The force of union conquers all.
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Conquer Force One Liner Union
Light is the task where many share the toil.
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Light One Liner Share Task Team Work
Everything flows and nothing stays.
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Flow Inspirational Let Go One Liner Stay
I long for home, long for the sight of home.
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Home Sight
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other’s good, and melt at other’s woe.
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Glow Goodness Heart Inspirational Learning Melt Teaching Time
It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.
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Beyond Fight Possible Strength Strive
Any moment might be our last.
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Death Life Moments One Liner
Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
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Action Applause Chance General Receive Shine Success
To be loved, you have to be nice to people, everyday. But to be hated, you don’t have to do squat!
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Hate Love People Respect
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to find a friend worth dying for.
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Die Difficult Friendship Greatness Worth
Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.
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Frame Lie Sure Truth Urge Wisdom
Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.
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Against Earth God Immortal Men Thinking
The proud heart feels not terror nor turns to run and it is his own courage that kills him.
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Courage Feeling Heart Kill Proud Run Terror
Few sons are like their fathers, most are worse, few better.
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Father Son Worst
Always be the best, my boy, the bravest, and hold your head up high above all the others. Never disgrace the generation of your fathers. They were the bravest champions.
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Boy Brave Champion Disgrace Father Generation Inspirational
A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.
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Enjoyment Experience Man Suffering Time Travel
Young men’s minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.
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Change Concern Look Man Men Mind Old Young
Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.
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Dance Growth Love Men Sing Sleep Tired War
I detest that man, who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks forth another.
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Depth Heart Hide Man Speak
Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.
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Endurance Grief Joy Remember

Youth is quick in feeling but weak in judgement.

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