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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.

Sophocles

Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Count Death Empty Happiness Hope Live Man Myself Worth
Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Attraction Kindness One Liner
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Coward Fortune
You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Freedom Life Live Pain Remember Suffering
It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Hope Kind Maintain Man
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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Day Honesty Oneself Space Test Time
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Decision Quick Safety
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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Corruption Currency Kind Man Mindset Money Worst Worth
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Man Oneself State
To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Afraid Person Rustle
Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Greatness Hands Opinion Power
Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Friendship Stubborn Stupidity
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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Best Born Oneself Possible Reckon
How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Dangerous Evidence Fake Reason
A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Fools Happiness Himself Man Talk Thinking
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Himself Luck Player Wisdom

It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.

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