Without labor nothing prospers.
SOPHOCLESOne word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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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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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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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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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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