Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
SOPHOCLESA wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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There is no success without hardship.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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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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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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