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Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.
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Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.
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It is God's giving if we laugh or weep.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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It is not righteousness to outrage A brave man dead, not even though you hate him.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.
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The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
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Obedience to authority saves many skins.