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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.
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Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.
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Whoever is new to power is always harsh.
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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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He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.
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For know that no one is free, except Zeus.
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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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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Time as he grows old teaches all things.
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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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It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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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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Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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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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Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
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What good is it to live a life that brings pains?
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When a man's willing and eager the god's join in.
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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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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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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 Justice out of sight.
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My friends, whoever has had experience of evils knows how whenever a flood of ills comes upon mortals, a man fears everything; but whenever a divine force cheers on our voyage, then we believe that the same fate will always blow fair.
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