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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.

Sophocles

Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Chance Day Fear Live Man Rule
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Bad Love Messenger News
Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Favor Gratitude
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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Heart Spirit Thinking Wisdom Word
God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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God Injury Punishment Return
Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Brave Heart Let Go
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Best Born Past Prize
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
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Cheating Failure Honor Preference Respect Win
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Destroy Drive Himself Mad
Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Brought Courage God
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Darkness Horror Myself
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Justice Mistake Security
The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Cherish Myself Strength Truth
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Dignity Kind Learning Loss Man Opinion Pronounce Right Thinking Word
A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Fear Hear Man

The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.

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