He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
SOPHOCLESDo 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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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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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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Opportunity has power over all things.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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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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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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