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To many mortals silence great gain brings.

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Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.

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Many men who transgress justice, honor appearance over reality.

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The best by far is to marry in one's own rank.

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No man looks with love on deeds that to the high Gods hateful prove.

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Wisdom cometh by suffering.

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Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?

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And one who is just of his own free will shall not lack for happiness; and he will never come to utter ruin.

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The saying goes that the gods leave a town once it is captured.

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Everyone's quick to blame the alien.

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To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble.

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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.

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The laws of a state change with the changing times.

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They sent forth men to battle, But no such men return; And home, to claim their welcome, Come ashes in an urn

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Justice inclines her scales so that wisdom comes at the price of suffering.

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Do not kick against the pricks.

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The field of doom bears death as its harvest.

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I pray the gods will give me some relief and end this weary job. One long full year I've been lying here, on this rooftop, the palace of the sons of Atreus, resting on my arms, just like a dog. I've come to know the night sky, every star, the powers we see glittering in the sky, bringing winter and summer to us all, as the constellations rise and sink.

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I say you must not win an unjust case by oaths.

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Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.

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