Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
SOPHOCLESDo nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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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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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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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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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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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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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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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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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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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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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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