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From a small seed a mighty trunk may grow.

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Destiny waits alike for the free man as well as for him enslaved by another's might.

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The field of doom bears death as its harvest.

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The seed of mortals broods o'er passing things, and hath nought surer than the smoke-cloud's shadow.

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[Hermes addresses Prometheus :] To you, the clever and crafty, bitter beyond all bitterness, who has sinned against the gods in bestowing honors upon creatures of a day--to you, thief of fire, I speak.

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Respect the altar of Justice and do not, looking to profit, dishonor it by spurning with godless foot; for punishment will come upon you.

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For the lips of Zeus do not know how to lie, but bring to fulfilment every word.

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I pray the gods some respite from the weary task of this long year's watch that lying on the Atreidae's roof on bended arm, dog- like, I have kept, marking the conclave of all night's stars, those potentates blazing in the heavens that bring winter and summer to mortal men, the constellations, when they wane, when they rise.

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They who prosper take on airs of vanity.

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Few men have the natural strength to honor a friend's success without envy.

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I know how men in exile feed on dreams.

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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly.

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But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.

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Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

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Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.

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Long tarries destiny, But comes to those who pray.

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The anvil of justice is planted firm, and fate who makes the sword does the forging in advance.

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Old men are always young enough to learn with profit.

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His resolve is not to seem the bravest, but to be.

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Nought is there in wealth That serves as bulwark 'gainst the subtle stealth Of Destiny and Doom.

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