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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

Sophocles

Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Alone Believe Empty Maintain Man Right Talk Thinking Yourself
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Man Oneself State
I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Desire Myself Reality Suffering
Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Money Moral World
Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Accuse Blame Charge Silence Support
There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Beyond Justice Point Statement
And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Act Eyes Fools Thinking
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Justice Mistake Security
Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Heart Spirit Thinking Wisdom Word
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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Fools Love Remember Yourself
To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Afraid Person Rustle
Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Brought Courage God
I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Friendship Love Myself Word
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Deception Profit Sweet
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
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Chance Help Opportunity

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