How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
SOPHOCLESStubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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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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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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There is no success without hardship.
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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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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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