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Adopt the character of the twisting octopus, which takes on the appearance of the nearby rock . Now follow in this direction, now turn a different hue.

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Theognis of Megara
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Ploutos , no wonder mortals worship you: You are so tolerant of their sins !
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The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.
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Boy, you're like a horse. Just now sated with seed, You've come back to my stable, Yearning for a good rider, fine meadow, An icy spring, shady groves.
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Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought.
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He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.
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Too many tongues have gates which fly apart Too easily, and care for many things That don't concern them.
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One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.
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Not to be born at all would be the best thing for man.
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Rash, angry words, and spoken out of season, When passion has usurp'd the throne of reason, Have ruin'd many. Passion is unjust, And for an idle, transitory gust Of gratified revenge, dooms us to pay With long repentance at a later day.
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Unless the gods deceive my mind , That man is forging fetters for himself.
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