Now if a man thus favoured died as he has lived, he will be just the one you are looking for: the only sort of person who deserves to be called happy. But mark this: until he is dead, keep the word "happy" in reserve. Till then, he is not happy, but only lucky...
Life, Death, Happy
In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
Peace, Children, Parents
After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace; in peace sons bury their fathers and in war fathers bury their sons.
Peace, War
The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.
Knowledge, Pain, Power
It is better by noble boldness to run the risk of being subject to half of the evils we anticipate than to remain in cowardly listlessness for fear of what might happen.
Courage
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