Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light And then to go back quickly whence we came.
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Athens, nurse of men.
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The immortal Gods alone have neither age nor death! All other things almighty Time disquiets.
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The good befriend themselves.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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War never slays a bad man in its course, But the good always! 9
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Let every man in mankind’s frailty Consider his last day; and let none Presume on his good fortune until he find Life, at his death, a memory without pain.
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Death is not the worst; rather, in vain To wish for death, and not to compass it.
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Look upon Oedipus This is the king who solved the famous riddle [of the Sphinx]. 8
