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A man cannot possess anything that is better than a good wife, or anything that is worse than a bad one.


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A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.

A man gains no possession better than a good woman, nothing more horrible than a bad one.



If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.

If to die honorably is the greatest Part of virtue, for us fate's done her best. Because we fought to crown Greece with freedom We lie here enjoying timeless fame.



Difficult, say you? Difficult to be a man of virtue, truly good, shaped and fashioned without flaw in the perfect figure of four-squared excellence, in body and mind, in act and thought?

Difficult, say you? Difficult to be a man of virtue, truly good, shaped and fashioned without flaw in the perfect figure of four-squared excellence, in body and mind, in act and thought?



We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.

We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.



Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.

Of earth's goods, the best is a good wife; a bad, the bitterest curse of human life.



Not even the gods fight against necessity.

Not even the gods fight against necessity.



It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish.

It is hard to be truly excellent, four-square in hand and foot and mind, formed without blemish.



What is life without the joy of Love?

What is life without the joy of Love?



There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health.

There's no joy even in beautiful Wisdom, unless one have holy Health.



Man's strength is but little, and futile his concerns.

Man's strength is but little, and futile his concerns.





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In trying to defend everything he defended nothing.

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Giving it to the audience is probably the easiest thing. Finding out what they truly want is probably the most difficult.

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