Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.
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Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.
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But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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