We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.
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If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.Simonides of Ceos
It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish.
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Of earthly goods, the best is a good wife A bad, the bitterest curse of human life.
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The city is the teacher of the man.
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A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.
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