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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.

Sophocles

A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
SOPHOCLES

Himself Luck Player Wisdom
Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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One Liner Remember Reward Success
I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Friendship Love Myself Word
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Kindness One Liner
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
SOPHOCLES

Aware Dangerous Live Trouble Watch Yourself
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Destroy Drive Himself Mad
Without labor nothing prospers.
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Labor Prosperity
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.
SOPHOCLES

Dignity Kind Learning Loss Man Opinion Pronounce Right Thinking Word
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Darkness Horror Myself
Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Brave Heart Let Go
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Depend Happiness Way Wisdom
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Act Fear Feeling Man Word
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
SOPHOCLES

Cry God Hands Mourn
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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Crime Goodness Himself Man Mistake Pride
Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Greatness Missing Yourself
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
SOPHOCLES

Darkness Destiny Escape Power Wealth

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