The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
SOPHOCLESStrike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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