The happiest life is to be without thought.
SOPHOCLESIt is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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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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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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The good befriend themselves.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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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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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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