A bad beginning makes a bad ending.
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A bad beginning makes a bad ending. — olus. Frag. 32.
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Cowards do not count in battle; they are there, but not in it.
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I know, indeed, the evil of that I purpose; but my inclination gets the better of my judgment.
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Man’s best possession is a sympathetic wife.
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Man's best possession is a sympathetic wife. Antigone. Frag 164.
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Moderation, the noblest gift of Heaven.
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Old men’s prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them.
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Old men's prayers for death are lying prayers, in which they abuse old age and long extent of life. But when death draws near, not one is willing to die, and age no longer is a burden to them. Alcestis. 669.
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Second thoughts are ever wiser.
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Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
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Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world. — dipus. Frag. 546.
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Slight not what’s near through aiming at what’s far.
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Slight not what — s near through aiming at what — s far. Rhesus. 482.
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The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate.
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The company of just and righteous men is better than wealth and a rich estate. — geus. Frag. 7.
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The gifts of a bad man bring no good with them.
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The gods visit the sins of the fathers upon the children.
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The nobly born must nobly meet his fate.
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There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.
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Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks.
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Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks. — olus. Frag. 38.
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Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
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When good men die their goodness does not perish, But lives though they are gone. As for the bad, All that was theirs dies and is buried with them.
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Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses the past and is dead for the future.
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Woman is woman’s natural ally.
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Woman is woman's natural ally. Alope. Frag. 109.
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