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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.

Sophocles

Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Few Wisdom Word
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
Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Brought Courage God
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Kindness One Liner
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Lying Ruin Sorry True
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Aware Dangerous Live Trouble Watch Yourself
Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Easy Medicine Sleep
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Adversity Ourselves Recognition Sorrow
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Dignity Kind Learning Loss Man Opinion Pronounce Right Thinking Word
You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Friendship Victory Win Yourself
I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Friendship Love Myself Word
Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Hard Work Remember Success
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
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Himself Learning Weakness Wrong
Always desire to learn something useful.
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Desire Knowledge Learning
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Chance Help Opportunity

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