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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.

Sophocles

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Fortune Hard Work Lazy
Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Children Life Mom
Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Action Fancy Knowledge Test Trial Yourself
Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Born Kindness One Liner
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Mindset Peace War
You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Act Age Himself Man
There is no success without hardship.
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Hard Time One Liner Success
Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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Best Born Oneself Possible Reckon
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Strong Weakness
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Himself Luck Player Wisdom
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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Day Honesty Oneself Space Test Time
How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Dangerous Evidence Fake Reason
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Man Profit Terrible Wisdom
Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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Death Evil Live Myself Source
A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Fear Hear Man
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Chance Day Fear Live Man Rule

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