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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.

Sophocles

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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Best Born Oneself Possible Reckon
Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Jewellery Silence Woman
If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Body Freedom Mindset Myself Slave
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Blame Fate Fortune Worst
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
Knowledge must come through action.
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Action Knowledge
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Himself Learning Weakness Wrong
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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Count Death Empty Happiness Hope Live Man Myself Worth
Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Accuse Blame Charge Silence Support
Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Hard Work Remember Success
Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Best Light Live Thinking
Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Money Moral World
Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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Death Evil Live Myself Source
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Himself Luck Player Wisdom
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Excellence Hands Man Opinion Pervert
Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Finding See Time Yourself

It is hope that maintains most of mankind.

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