A fearful man is always hearing things.
SOPHOCLESHe who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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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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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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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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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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