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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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The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise.
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But let the good prevail.
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I, schooled in misery, know many purifying rites, and I know where speech is proper and where silence.
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Simple is the speech of truth.
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Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
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The man who does ill, ill must suffer too.
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Don't try to make intelligent decisions when your brain is hyped
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Old men, what are they? Fast fading the leaf, Three-footed they walk, yet frail as a child, As a dream set afloat in the daylight.
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Old men are always young enough to learn with profit.
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Jars neither of wine nor of water shall fail in the houses of the rich.
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Ask the gods nothing excessive.
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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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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
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Respect the altar of Justice and do not, looking to profit, dishonor it by spurning with godless foot for punishment will come upon you.
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Wisdom cometh by suffering.
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Hungry wailing standeth not aloof.
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Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain?
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