The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
SOPHOCLESBut 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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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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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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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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