But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
SOPHOCLESIt is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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The good befriend themselves.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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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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