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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. ↗

— Aeschylus

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When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Death is easier than a wretched life; and better never to have born than to live and fare badly. ↗

— Aeschylus

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It is a light thing for whoever keeps his foot outside trouble to advise and counsel him that suffers. ↗

— Aeschylus

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It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted. ↗

— Aeschylus

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What exists outside is a man's concern; let no woman give advice; and do no mischief within doors. ↗

— Aeschylus

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Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it. ↗

— Russell Baker

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A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it. ↗

— Ben Affleck

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Adventure is worthwhile. ↗

— Aesop

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Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. ↗

— Aesop

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