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Time waxing old can many a lesson teach.

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Aeschylus
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To many mortals silence great gain brings.
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
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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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Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.
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A man dies not for the many wounds that pierce his breast, unless it be that life's end keep pace with death, nor by sitting on his hearth at home doth he the more escape his appointed doom.
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Out of respect, a man must veil his words when talking with a woman, but with a man he can frankly say whatever's on his mind.
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So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.
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Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.
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Ares gives his verdict without witnesses.
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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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It is through suffering that learning comes.
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The tongue of slander is too prompt with wanton malice to wound the stranger.
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Do not kick against the pricks.
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They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn
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Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
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Against necessity, against its strength, no one can fight and win.
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But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow.
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