"Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart."

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"Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart."

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"How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear."

"It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy."

"It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus."

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"Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit."

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"A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man."

"If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it."

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