“Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.”
Variant translation: Success is man's god.
Source: Oresteia (458 BC), The Libation Bearers, line 59
“Affections are more solid and lasting among spirits than among men, because they are not subordinated to the caprices of material interests and self-love.”
Source: The Spirits' Book, p. 174.
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