For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his memory.
There is no disgrace in an enemy suffering ill at an enemy's hand, when you hate mutually.
Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
But I must bear my destiny as best I can, knowing well that there is no resisting the strength of necessity.
But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow.
Let there be wealth without tears; enough for the wise man who will ask no further.
This is a sickness rooted and inherent in the nature of a tyranny: that he that holds it does not trust his friends.
Black smoke, the flickering sister of fire.
For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying.
Pleasantest of all ties is the tie of host and guest.
As long as there are men the bulwark is safe.
There is a limit to the best of health, disease is always a near neighbor.
Suffering brings experience.
For know that no one is free, except Zeus.
Bronze is the mirror of form, wine of the heart.
Still to the sufferer comes, as due from God, a glory that to suffering owes its birth.
The gods at will can shape a gladder strain, and from the lamentations at the graveside, a song of triumph may arise.
Jars neither of wine nor of water shall fail in the houses of the rich.
The unenvied man is not enviable.
Unjustly men hate death, which is the greatest defence against their many ills.
Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.
God planteth in mortal men the cause of sin whensoever he wills utterly to destroy a house.
The evils of mortals are manifold; nowhere is trouble of the same wing seen.
For a deadly blow let him pay with a deadly blow: it is for him who has done a deed to suffer.
Beyond age, leaf withered, man goes three footed no stronger than a child is, a dream that falters in daylight.
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