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What people believe prevails over the truth.

Sophocles

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
The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Gift God High Kind Man Plant
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Decision Quick Safety
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
You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Act Age Himself Man
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
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Kindness One Liner
And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Act Eyes Fools Thinking
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Man Profit Terrible Wisdom
There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Advice Bad Hate
Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Alone Believe Empty Maintain Man Right Talk Thinking Yourself
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Acceptance Friendship Oneself Possession
Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Hard Work Remember Success
Always desire to learn something useful.
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Desire Knowledge Learning
I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Food Myself Recommend
Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Healing One Liner Ourselves Sorrow Time

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