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What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors.

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There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.

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Be bold and boast, just like the cock beside the hen.

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God's most lordly gift to man is decency of mind.

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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

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We shall perish by guile just as we slew.

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There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

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Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.

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It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

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If you pour oil and vinegar into the same vessel, you would call them not friends but opponents.

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Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.

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He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

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Know not to revere human things too much.

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The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.

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For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.

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The one knowing what is profitable, and not the man knowing many things, is wise.

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God always strives together with those who strive.

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He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

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For know that no one is free, except Zeus.

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For hostile word let hostile word be paid.

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