What good is it to live a life that brings pains?
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So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft, 'With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.'Aeschylus
In war, truth is the first casualty.
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Wisdom comes alone through suffering.
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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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On me the tempest falls. It does not make me tremble. O holy Mother Earth, O air and sun, behold me. I am wronged.
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Know not to revere human things too much.
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