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Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams we go, And have no wits, although we think us wise.
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Blood streams in sacrifice; yet anguish finds no cure.
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Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.
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Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.
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There is as much confusion in the world of the gods as in ours.
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The wife should yield in all things to her lord.
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Men make their choice: one man honors one God, and one another.
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Light be the earth upon you, lightly rest.
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How dark are all the ways of god to man!
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Enjoy yourself, drink, call the life you live today your own; but only that, the rest belongs to chance.
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To every man, even though he be a slave, the light of heaven is sweet.
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The nobly born must nobly meet his fate.
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Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
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Where there is no wine there is no love.
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Who knows but life be that which men call death, And death what men call life?
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There is no harbor of peace from the changing waves of joy and despair.
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When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
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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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How sweet to remember the trouble that is past.
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Time will cure you, but now is your grief still young.
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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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Love's all in all to women.
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It is wise to withhold one's heart and mind from men who think themselves superior.
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If your life at night is good, you think you have everything.