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He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.

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Euripides
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Ancient Athens
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Good and bad may not be dissevered There is, as there should be, a commingling.
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For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.
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Delight in splendor is No more than happiness with little: for both Have their appeal.
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The divine power moves with difficulty, but at the same time surely.
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To have found you is a dear happiness and to be Apollo's son is beyond all my hopes but there is something I want to say to you alone. Come this is a private matter between us two - anything you tell me shall be as secret as the grave.
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Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.
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Ill-gotten wealth is never stable.
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Sound judgement, with discernment is the best of seers
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Oh, what a vileness human beauty is corroding, corrupting everything it touches.
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Character is a stamp of good repute on a person.
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The gift of a bad man can bring no good.
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Common sense is the best prophet.
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A man who has been in danger, When he comes out of it forgets his fears, And sometimes he forgets his promises.
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Some men never find prosperity, For all their voyaging, While others find it with no voyaging.
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The childless escape much misery.
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This is what it means to be a slave to be abused and bear it compelled by violence to suffer wrong.
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Love must not touch the marrow of the soul. Our affections must be breakable chains that we can cast them off or tighten them.
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Much effort, much prosperity.
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Since luck's a nine days' wonder, wait their end.
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