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Wise men have learnt of the wind that comes on the third day, and they are not corrupted by gain; rich and poor alike must make their way to the tomb of death.

If there is any happiness among men, it does not come without exertion.
Perhaps a god will bring it about today - for we cannot escape what is fated -
But there will come a time which will strike a man unawares, and give him one thing when he does not expect it, and hold another back.

Do not, my soul, long for an immortal life, but make the most of what you can realistically achieve.

You have learnt what kind of a person you are: now become that man.
In the eyes of children, as we know, the ape is a handsome thing - always handsome; but Rhadamanthys prospers because fate has allotted him the excellent fruit of a sound mind, and in his heart he takes no pleasure in the kind of deceptions that always keep mortals company, through whisperers’ artfulness.