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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.
No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will.
Agaue was foaming at the mouth; her rolling eyes Were wild; she was not in her right mind, but possessed
We must not think too much: people go mad if they think too much.
No, child, you’re wrong. They’re not the same. Life means hope, death is nothing at all.
The stamp of royal birth is an unmistakable Miracle; and when those who bear a noble name Are worthy of it, the mircable is greater still.
Apollo, Apollo — but he is my lord. I will keep silence. He is wise forever, though his oracle spoke brutal words. We are bound to acquiesce. And you must do now as Fate and Zeus ordain.
What other creatures are bred so exquisitely and purposefully for mistreatment as women are?
but Love, the tyrant of men, porter of the dearest chambers of Venus, we worship not, the destroyer and visitant of men in all shapes of calamity, when he comes.
A free man? - There is no such thing! All men are slaves; some, slaves to money; some, of chance; others are forced, either by mass opinion, or threatening law, to act against their nature.
Tú, Troya, patria mía, no serás ya contada entre las ciudades jamás conquistadas.
Humility, a sense of reverence before the sons of heaven — of all the prizes that a mortal man might win, these, I say, are wisest; these are best.
Sentir respeto es sabiduría.
χρηστοῖσι δούλοις συμφορὰ τὰ δεσποτῶν.
Of people my own age, friends and relatives, you are my favorite. You're all those things to me