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The jealous poison, lodged within the heart, Tortures with twofold pang whom it infects; By his own griefs oppressed, the envious man Groans also to behold another's joy. (Aeschylus)
While from inward health doth flow, Beloved of all, true bliss which mortals seek. View quote
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Life envy-free is life unenviable. View quote
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Since to open out And mourn out grief, where it is possible To draw a tear from the audience, is a work That pays its own price well. View quote
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For Hades, ruler of the nether sphere, Exactest auditor of human kind, Graved on the tablet of his mind Doth every trespass read. View quote
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Praise not, O man, the life beyond control, Nor that which bows unto a tyrant's sway. Know that the middle way Is dearest unto God, and they, thereon who wend, They shall achieve the end. View quote
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But ancient Arrogance, or soon or late, When strikes the hour ordained by Fate, Breedeth new Arrogance, which still Revels, wild wantoner in human ill. View quote
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Ah state of mortal man! in time of weal, A line, a shadow! and if ill fate fall, One wet sponge-sweep wipes all our trace away. View quote
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Sole cure of wrong is silence. View quote
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The default Of one vote only bringeth ruin deep, One, cast aright, may stablish house and home. View quote
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Thou are a better counsellor to others Than to thyself: I judge by deeds not words. (Aeschylus)
I hold my own mind and think apart from other men. View quote
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True, but the strength of god is mightier still, And oft, in direst strait, It lifteth from the lowest depths of ill Him who, with cloud-veiled eyes, was desperate. View quote
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He has the wisdom of an old man, but his body is at its prime. View quote
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Zeus, who guided mortals to be wise, has established his fixed law- wisdom comes through suffering. Trouble, with its memories of pain, drips in our hearts as we try to sleep, so men against their will learn to practice moderation. Favours come to us from gods seated on their solemn thrones- such grace is harsh and violent. View quote
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Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen. View quote
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He or silence keeps or speaks in season. View quote
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Like a young horse Who bites against the new bit in his teeth, And tugs and struggles against the new-tried rein. View quote
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For stubborness, if one be in the wrong, Is in itself weaker than naught at all. View quote
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Prolific truly is the impious deed; Like to the evil stock, the evil seed. View quote
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The walls of Athens are impregnable, Their firmest bulwarks her heroic sons. (Aeschylus)
Obedience mother is of good success, Sure pledge of safety. View quote
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Since it most profits that the truly wise Should seem not wise at all. View quote
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Bitter, being first to tell you bitter news. View quote
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True marriage is the union that mates Equal with equal. View quote
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