"Not even Ares battles against necessity."
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"Even the bold will fly when they see Death drawing in close enough to end their life."
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"I was not born to share the hate, but love."
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"The gods love those of ordered soul."
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"Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to."
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"Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money."
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"Better to die, and sleep The never-waking sleep, than linger on And dare to live when the soul's life is gone."
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"No wound is worse than counterfeited love."
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"The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope."
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"From suffering that has been/ Decreed no man will ever find escape"
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"A broad-backed ox can be driven straight on his road even by a small goad."
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"When trouble ends even troubles please."
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"To revive sorrow is cruel."
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"The Greeks could be a crushing bore. I recommend dressing everyone in combat fatigues or S&M gear."
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"Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny."
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"Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding."
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"A friend in word is never friend of mine."
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"Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere."
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"Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad."
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"Ah, race of mortal men, How as a thing of nought I count ye, though ye live; For who is there of men That more of blessing knows, Than just a little while To seem to prosper well, And, having seemed, to fall?"
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