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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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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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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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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.
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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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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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Time as he grows old teaches all things.
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It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
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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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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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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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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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Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
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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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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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You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.
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