Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
SOPHOCLESThe truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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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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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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