"Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times."
-Aeschylus
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"Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.“
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"It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered."
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"Wisdom comes alone through suffering."
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"I know how men in exile feed on dreams."
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"It is always in season for old men to learn."
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"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."
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