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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.

Sophocles

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Adversity Ourselves Recognition Sorrow
Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Evil Lazy Mom
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
Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Bad Bring Messenger News
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Himself Luck Player Wisdom
I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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Children Fortune Goodness Myself Rise Season Shame
You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Day Kind Type Yourself
It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Better Grace Live
The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Cruelty Goodness Soul Wicked
Always desire to learn something useful.
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Desire Knowledge Learning
Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Easy Medicine Sleep
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.
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Aware Dangerous Live Trouble Watch Yourself
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Man Profit Terrible Wisdom
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Cry God Hands Mourn
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Decision Quick Safety
Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Hard Work Remember Success

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