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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

Sophocles

All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Disgust Himself Leaving Nature Oneself
Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Finding See Time Yourself
It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Better Grace Live
And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Act Eyes Fools Thinking
The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Cruelty Goodness Soul Wicked
The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Gift God High Kind Man Plant
The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Children One Liner Pride
The good befriend themselves.
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Acceptance Friendship Goodness
Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Conquer Evil Ignorance Tough
How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Dangerous Evidence Fake Reason
Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Secret See Time
Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Funny Love Sport Yourself
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Call Cry Milk Past Proverb
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Man Mindset Sick 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
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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Darkness Destiny Escape Power Wealth

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