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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Sophocles

A fearful man is always hearing things.
SOPHOCLES

Fear Hear Man
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
It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
SOPHOCLES

Better Grace Live
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Adversity Ourselves Recognition Sorrow
All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
SOPHOCLES

Cure Evil Man Wrong
You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Day Kind Type Yourself
Who seeks shall find.
SOPHOCLES

Finding Search Seek
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
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Kindness One Liner
How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Dangerous Evidence Fake Reason
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
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
A lie never lives to be old.
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Live Lying Old One Liner
Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Brave Heart Let Go
Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Blind Man See
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

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

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