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Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of

Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war. – Homer, Iliad

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And they die an equal death — the idler and the man of mighty deeds. – Homer, Iliad

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Death
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Homer, Iliad
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Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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When you forget to take the sail at all, then the wind is constantly in your favour both ways. But there! this world is only a probation, and man was born to trouble as the sparks fly upward. – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889

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Strange how we decorate pain. – Margaret Atwood

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A problem is a chance for you to do your best. – Duke Ellington

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