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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

Sophocles

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
SOPHOCLES

Blind Man See
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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Nature Noble Speech Stain
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Strong Weakness
What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Believe People Thinking Truth
Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Children Life Mom
For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
SOPHOCLES

Kindness Price Return Yourself
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
SOPHOCLES

Darkness Horror Myself
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Best Born Past Prize
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Chance Help Opportunity
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Bad Love Messenger News
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
SOPHOCLES

Day Honesty Oneself Space Test Time
You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Freedom Life Live Pain Remember Suffering
To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Afraid Person Rustle
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Goodness Ignore Judgment Lost Man
Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Finding See Time Yourself
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.
SOPHOCLES

Chance Day Fear Live Man Rule

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

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