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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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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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Happy is it to place a daughter yet it pains a father's heart when he delivers to another's house a child, the object of his tender care.
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Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.
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There is no worse evil than a bad woman and nothing has ever been produced better than a good one.
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Human misery must somewhere have a stop there is no wind that always blows a storm great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change all yields its place and goes to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
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The power that keeps cities of men together Is noble preservation of law.
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Life is short, yet sweet.
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What greater pain could mortals have than this: To see their children dead before their eyes?
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Too much zeal offends where indirection works.
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The wise with hope support the pains of life.
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For with slight efforts how should we obtain great results? It is foolish even to desire it.
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I love the old way best, the simple way of poison, where we too are strong as men.
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The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches.
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Lucky that man whose children make his happiness in life and not his grief, the anguished disappointment of his hopes.
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All is change all yields its place and goes.
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Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.
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Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
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To a father waxing old, nothing is dearer than a daughter sons have spirits of a higher pitch, but less inclined to endearing fondness.
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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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Time will explain it all. Waste no tears over the griefs of yesterday. One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. Love is all we have, the only way that each can help the other. Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
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