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"Nothing so evil as money ever grew to be current among men. This lays cities low, this drives men from their homes, this trains and warps honest souls till they set themselves to works of shame; this still teaches folk to practise villainies, and to know every godless deed. But all the men who wrought this thing for hire have made it sure that, soon or late, they shall pay the price."
"Hope has often caused the love of gain to ruin men."
"It is not righteousness to outrage"
"Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain."
"It made our hair stand up in panic fear."
"Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now."
"Sleep, ignorant of pain, sleep, ignorant of grief, may you come to us blowing softly, kindly, kindly come king."
"To know that all is well, even if late will come to know it, is at least some gain."
"One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief."
"Better not to exist than live basely."
"Oh death, death, why do you never come to me thus summoned always day by day?"
"To err from the right path is common to mankind."
"The rewards of virtue alone abide secure."
"Trouble brings trouble upon trouble."
"A man who deals in fairness with his own, he can make manifest justice in the state."
"Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker."
"For the dead there are no more toils."
"Desire looks clear from the eyes of a lovely bride: power as strong as the founded world"
"To live without evil belongs only to the gods."
"Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly."