We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.
("Antigone")
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All my care is you, and all my pleasure yours.
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Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
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Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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