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It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
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The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.: Hesiod (~800 BC), Works and Days
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.: Hesiod (~800 BC), Works and Days
Do not speak ill of the dead.: The Seven Sages (650 BC - 550 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
The best [man] is like water. Water is good; it benefits all things and does not compete with them. It dwells in [lowly] places that all disdain. This is why it is so near to Tao.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
To produce things and to rear them, To produce, but not to take possession of them, To act, but not to rely on one's own ability, To lead them, but not to master them - This is called profound and secret virtue.: Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu

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