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I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

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If men live decently it is because discipline
saves their very lives for them.

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For every nation that lives peaceably, there will be many others to grow hard and push their arrogance to extremes; the gods attend to these things slowly. But they attend to those who put off God and turn to madness.

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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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Nobly to live, or else nobly to die,
Befits proud birth.

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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.

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For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams.

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It is best to live anyhow, as one may; do not be afraid of marriage with your mother! Many have lain with their mothers in dreams too. It is he to whom such things are nothing who puts up with life best.

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Ah, race of mortal men, How as a thing of nought I count ye, though ye live; For who is there of men That more of blessing knows, Than just a little while To seem to prosper well, And, having seemed, to fall?

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Yet I pity the poor wretch, though he's my enemy. He's yoked to an evil delusion, but the same fate could be mine. I see clearly: we who live are all phantoms, fleeing shadows.

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Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.

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IOCLASTA: Nay, what should mortal[s] fear, for whom the degree of fortune are supreme, and who hath clear foresight of nothing? 'Tis best to live at random, as one may.

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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.

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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.

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Why should man fear since chance is all in all for him, and he can clearly foreknow nothing? Best to live lightly, as one can, unthinkingly.

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Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.

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