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All things are in the hand of heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove's daughters, shuts men's eyes to their destruction. She walks delicately, not on the solid earth, but hovers over the heads of men to make them stumble or to ensnare them.
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The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside.
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If you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you this gift.
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Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike.
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A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.
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Prayers are the daughters of mighty Zeus, lame and wrinkled and slanting-eyed.
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As the woman with the dog's eyes would not close my eyelids for me as I lay dying into Hades.
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Uncontrollable laughter arose among the blessed gods.
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By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made
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Here, therefore, huge and mighty warrior though you be, here shall you die.
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I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.
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Great Priam entered in, and coming close to Achilles, clasped in his hands his knees, and kissed his hands, the terrible, man-slaying hands that had slain his many sons.
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Praise me not too much,
Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks
Who know me.
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Jove lifts the golden balances that show
The fates of mortal men, and things below.
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Not two strong men the enormous weight could raise,- Such men as live in these degenerate days.
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Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends; White are the decks with foam; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud: Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on every wave appears.
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Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.
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The God of War will see fair play-he's often slain that wants to slay!
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Zeus it seems has given us from youth to old age a nice ball of wool to wind-nothing but wars upon wars until we shall perish every one.
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The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot.
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Now from the smooth deep ocean-stream the sun
Began to climb the heavens, and with new rays
Smote the surrounding fields.
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And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.
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A generous friendship no cold medium knows,
Burns with one love, with one resentment glows;
One should our interests and our passions be,
My friend must hate the man that injures me.
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The thick tresses of gold with which Vulcan had crested the helmet floated round it, and as the evening star that shines brighter than all others through the stillness of night, even such was the gleam of the spear which Achilles poised in his right hand, fraught with the death of noble Hector.
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O Friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong And let no warrior in the heat of fight, Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes
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