Love, you mock us for your sport.
SOPHOCLESThe truth is always the strongest argument.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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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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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Who seeks shall find.
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