There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

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  Like the generations of leaves, so are those of men.

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  Sing, goddess, the wrath of Achilles, son of Peleus.

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  When evils are foreseen, they can be quickly remedied; but when, through not having been foreseen, they have been permitted to grow in a way that everyone can see them, there is no longer a remedy.

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  Life is short, and truth works far and lives long: let us speak the truth.

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  Truth can wait, for it has a long life before it.

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  Whoever is first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy will be fresh for the fight; whoever is second in the field and has to hasten to battle will arrive exhausted.

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