A mind at peace does not engender wars.
SOPHOCLESThe tyrant is a child of pride.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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The good befriend themselves.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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