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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.

Sophocles

Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Evil Lazy Mom
Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Count Death Empty Happiness Hope Live Man Myself Worth
You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Day Kind Type Yourself
Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Bad Bring Messenger News
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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Existence Thinking Wisdom
A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Circumstance Important Pregnant
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Cry God Hands Mourn
The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Cruelty Goodness Soul Wicked
If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Body Freedom Mindset Myself Slave
Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Attraction Kindness One Liner
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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Darkness Destiny Escape Power Wealth
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Few Wisdom Word
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Action Talk Terrible Wrong
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Doctor Medicine Need Wisdom
Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Alone Bad Day Man Reveal Time
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

There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.

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