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Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
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I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery.
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We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.
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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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If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful.
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Neither a life of anarchy nor one beneath a despot should you praise; to all that lies in the middle a god has given excellence.
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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 the impious act begets more after it, like to the parent stock.
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It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
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