The happiest life is to be without thought.
SOPHOCLESEach one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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The good befriend themselves.
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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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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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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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