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1 " Time brings all things to pass. "
― Aeschylus , The Libation Bearers (Ορέστεια, #2)
2 " Who acts, shall endure. So speaks the voice of the age-old wisdom. "
3 " and life beats on, andwe nurse our lives with tears,to the sound of ripping linen beat our robes in sorrow,close to the breast the beats throband laughter's gone and fortune throbs and throbs. "
4 " No man can go through lifeand reach the end unharmed.Aye, trouble is now,and trouble still to come. "
5 " We call on the gods, and the gods well knowwhat storms torment us, sailors whirled to nothing.But if we are to live and reach the haven,one small seed could grow a mighty tree - "
6 " Here I am. Look no furter. No one loves you more than I. "
7 " You are dreaming, children,dreams dearer than gold, more blestthan the Blest beyond the North Wind's raging.Dreams are easy, oh,but the double lash is striking home. "
8 " Marvels, the Earth breeds many marvels,terrible marvels overwhelm us.The heaving arms of the sea embrace and swarmwith savage life. And high in the no man's land of nighttorches hang like swords. "
9 " No dreams, these torments,not to me, they're clear, real - the houndsof mother's hate. "