The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
SOPHOCLESGod will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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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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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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