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Nobody loves life like an old man.
Sophocles
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Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.
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Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?
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