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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
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All men have need of the gods.
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Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
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We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.
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Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards.
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May the gods grant you all things which your heart desires, and may they give you a husband and a home and gracious concord, for there is nothing greater and better than this -when a husband and wife keep a household in oneness of mind, a great woe to their enemies and joy to their friends, and win high renown.
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The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken.
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In saffron-colored mantle, from the tides of ocean rose the morning to bring light to gods and men.
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A young man is embarrassed to question an older one.
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For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
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Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings.
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A decent boldness ever meets with friends.
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Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them.
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There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men.
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All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.
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Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.
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Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift.
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For rarely are sons similar to their fathers most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
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A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth - and the season of spring comes on. So of men one generation springs forth and another ceases.
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A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities.
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There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. Homer (~700 BC), The Odyssey
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The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.
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A companion's words of persuasion are effective.
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At last is Hector stretch'd upon the plain,Who fear'd no vengeance for Patroclus slainThen, Prince You should have fear'd, what now you feelAchilles absent was Achilles stillYet a short space the great avenger stayed,Then low in dust thy strength and glory laid.
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But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.
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