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Sophocles

It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Himself Learning Weakness Wrong
Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Brought Courage God
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Depend Happiness Way Wisdom
What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Believe People Thinking Truth
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Darkness Horror Myself
They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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God Himself Love Rule Stand Wisdom
A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Learning Man Mindset Shame Thinking Wisdom
Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Accuse Blame Charge Silence Support
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Himself Luck Player Wisdom
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
The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Happiest Joy Thinking
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Drink Himself Man Thirst Wisdom
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Fortune Hard Work Lazy
You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Act Age Himself Man
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Bad Love Messenger News
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Dignity Kind Learning Loss Man Opinion Pronounce Right Thinking Word

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