Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
EURIPIDESCleverness is not wisdom.
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Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
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Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows.
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I know indeed what evil I intend to do, but stronger than all my afterthoughts is my fury, fury that brings upon mortals the greatest evils.
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No one who goes against her can win.
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There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.
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It’s the wise man who stays home when he’s drunk.
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My hair is holy. I grow it long for the God.
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Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
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Man’s most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
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Everyone asks if a man is rich, no one if he is good.
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Come back. Even as a shadow, even as a dream.
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Experience, travel – these are an education in themselves.
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Worse than a true evil is it to bear the burden of faults that are not truly yours.
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The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.
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This is slavery, not to speak one’s thought.
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