Friday, January 28, 2011

Euripides

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Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
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Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.
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Authority is never without hate.
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Better a serpent than a stepmother!
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But learn that to die is a debt we must all pay.
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Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.
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Cleverness is not wisdom.
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Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.
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Do not consider painful what is good for you.
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Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.
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Down on your knees, and thank heaven, fasting, for a good man's love.
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Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.
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Forgive, son; men are men; they needs must err.
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Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
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Friends show their love in times of trouble.
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God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it.
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Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.
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He is not a lover who does not love forever.
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He was a wise man who originated the idea of God.
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Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm.
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