Too many tongues have gates which fly apart Too easily, and care for many things That don't concern … - Theognis of Megara

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This had been going on at Shortridge since 1906. My parents had also worked on the Shortridge Daily Echo. The way it came into being was that when they built Shortridge High School, they had a vocational department and they had a print shop.

Theognis of Megara

Too many tongues have gates which fly apart Too easily, and care for many things That don't concern them.

Care, Concern, Fly, Gates, Things, Tongue

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Ram, ass, and horse, my Kyrnos, we look over With care, and seek good stock for good to cover; And yet the best men make no argument, But wed, for money, runts of poor descent. So too a woman will demean her state And spurn the better for the richer mate. Money's the cry. Good stock to bad is wed And bad to good, till all the world's cross-bred. No wonder if the country's breed declines- Mixed metal, Kyrnos, that but dimly shines.

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Not to be born at all would be the best thing for man.

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Fairly examined, truly understood, No man is wholly bad, nor wholly good.

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He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.

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Ploutos , no wonder mortals worship you: You are so tolerant of their sins !

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