The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
SOPHOCLESOne word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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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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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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