Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow, and if the

Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow, and if they are unfortunate a wet sponge with one dash wipes the picture away.

Author: Aeschylus

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The words of truth are simple.

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.

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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