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Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.
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O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!
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To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.
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There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.
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Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.
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'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.
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High honors are sweet To a man's heart, but ever They stand close to the brink of grief.
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Surely again, to heal men's wounds by music's spell.
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Pay special attention to their agony so I might take some pleasure.
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Greatness brings no profit to people. God indeed, when in anger, brings greater ruin to great mens houses.
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The variety of all things forms a pleasure.
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Delusive hope still points to distant good.
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The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.
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Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven - of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.
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The man that isn't jolly after drinking is just a drivelling idiot, to my thinking.
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Pray the gods do not envy your happiness!
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I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief.
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When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.
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Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.
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It's the wise man who stays home when he's drunk.
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The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.
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We look for good on earth and cannot recognize it when met.
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Cleverness is not wisdom. And not to think mortal thoughts is to see few days.
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The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength.