He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
SOPHOCLESIt 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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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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