Aeschylus Aeschylus quote: "He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
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God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is...
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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The wisest of the wise may err.
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Time brings all things to pass.
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
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Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety.
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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.
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Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.
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Time brings all things to pass.
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Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
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You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.
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To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.
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It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.
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God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.
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My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortal...
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God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
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For know that no one is free, except Zeus.
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God always strives together with those who strive.
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It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke th...
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For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the diseas...
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Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet ...
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His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.
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Hold him alone truly fortunate who has ended his life in happy well-being.
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Zeus'tan başkası özgür değildir.
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Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?
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For somehow this is tyranny's disease, to trust no friends.
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Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon th...
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It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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Death is softer by far than tyranny.
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In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.
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When one is willing and eager, the Gods join in.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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When a match has equal partners then I fear not.
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He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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It is always in season for old men to learn.
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Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.
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There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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I pray for no more youthTo perish before its prime;That Revenge and iron-heated WarMay fade with all...
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Drop, dropin our sleep, upon the heartsorrow falls, memorys pain,and to us, though against our very ...
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Justice, voiceless, unseen, seeth thee when thou sleepest and when thou goest forth and when thou li...
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Call no man happy till he is dead.
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The reward of suffering is experience.
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God is not averse to deceit in a holy cause.
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So, in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw...
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
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God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.
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The wisest of the wise may err.
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
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It is in the character if very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
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To the man who himself strives earnestly, God also lends a helping hand.
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And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own desp...
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Ye waves That o'er th' interminable ocean wreathe Your crisped smiles.
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Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen.
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To be rather than to seem. [Lat., Esse quam videri.]
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Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety
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Necessity is stronger far than art.
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Suffering brings experience.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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Of prosperity mortals can never have enough.
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Ju...
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What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?
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Everyone's quick to blame the alien.
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By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
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And though all streams flow from a single course to cleanse the blood from polluted hand, they haste...
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For the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.
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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the...
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What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth?
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For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.
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Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.
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There is no avoidance in delay.
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For it would be better to die once and for all than to suffer pain for all one's life.
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Wisdom comes through suffering.
Trouble, with its memories of pain,
Drips in our hearts as...
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Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.
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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they...
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If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You wil...
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Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
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Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.
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Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle...
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It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
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His resolve is not to seem, but to be, the best.
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Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
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Words are the physicians of the mind diseased.
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Time as he grows old teaches all things.
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Only when man's life comes to its end in prosperity can one call that man happy.
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Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny.
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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.
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In war, truth is the first casualty.
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He who learns must suffer, and, even in our sleep, pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon t...
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I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.
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To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
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Fountains of tears. [Lat., Fons lacrymarum.]
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Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.
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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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Excessive fear is always powerless.
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I would rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils.
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Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. ...
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Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart
until, in ou...
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A god implants in mortal guilt whenever he wants utterly to confound a house.
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When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?
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The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.
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Words are the physicians of a mind diseased
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Whenever a man makes haste, God too hastens with him.
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Hell to ships, hell to men, hell to cities - of Helen of Troy
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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But time growing old teaches all things.
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Everyone's quick to blame the alien
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Everyone, to those weaker than themselves, is kind
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Mourn for me rather as living than as dead.
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I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.
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Unanimous hatred is the greatest medicine for a human community.
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The moving light, rejoicing in its strength,
Sped from the pyre of pine, and urged its way, AESCHYLUS

Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.
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His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be
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In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times
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Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.
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Excessive fear is always powerless
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To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.
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It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke th...
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Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet ...
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Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.
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There's nothing certain in a man's life except this: That he must lose it.
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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. There is...
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Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.
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I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silenc...
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Know not to revere human things too much.
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I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning to sail my ship.
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A prosperous fool is a grievous burden
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The laws of a state change with the changing times
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I would far rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evils
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Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy
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Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood
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Ask the gods nothing excessive.
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I would far rather be ignorant than wise in the foreboding of evil.
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It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath
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When a man's willing and eager, the gods join in.
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God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard
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If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents.
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We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.
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For hostile word let hostile word be paid.
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It is an ill thing to be the first to bring news of ill.
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There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.
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To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth...
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The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.
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Whoever is new to power is always harsh.
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What good is it to live a life that brings pains?
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We shall perish by guile just as we slew.
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What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within door...
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For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.
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Since long I've held silence a remedy for harm.
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Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.
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By Time and Age full many things are taught.
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It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffer...
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I willingly speak to those who know, but for those who do not know I forget.
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For children preserve the fame of a man after his death.
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In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
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It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.
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Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.
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The man who does ill must suffer ill.
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Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.
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And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utt...
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Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
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The words of truth are simple.
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In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.
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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.
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For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.
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Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
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Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among me...
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You are young and young your rule and you think that the tower in which you live is free from sorrow...
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They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes ...
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that we must suffer, suffer into truth.
We cannot sleep, and drop by drop at the heart
the...
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A curse burns bright on crime.
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Old men are always young enough to learn, with profit.
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Conozco las estrellas por memorias, los ejércitos de la noche, y hay en la delantera los que nos tr...
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Let me attain no envied wealth, let me not plunder cities, neither be taken in turn, and face life i...
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We should know what is true before we break our rage.
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Every medicine is vain.
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Bastions of wealth
are no deference for the man
who treads the grand altar of Justice
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In visions of the night, like dropping rain,
Descend the many memories of pain
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She looked just like a painting dying to speak.
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My will is mine...I shall not make it soft for you.
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Time, as it grows old, teaches all things.
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Time in its aging course teaches all things.
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Do not labor uselessly at what helps not at all.
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There is no sickness worse for me that words that to be kind must lie.
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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

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