Stranger in a strange country.
SOPHOCLESThe gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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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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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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There is no success without hardship.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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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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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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