A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
SOPHOCLESOne word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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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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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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There is no success without hardship.
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In season, all is good.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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