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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Sophocles

Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Finding See Time Yourself
A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Fools Happiness Himself Man Talk Thinking
What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Command Enforcement Yourself
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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Count Death Empty Happiness Hope Live Man Myself Worth
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Action Talk Terrible Wrong
Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Bad Bring Messenger News
Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Favor Gratitude
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Cheating Failure Honor Preference Respect Win
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Excellence Hands Man Opinion Pervert
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
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Man Profit Terrible Wisdom
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Coward Fortune
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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Existence Thinking Wisdom
Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Cure Day Future Mindset
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Cry God Hands Mourn
A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Fear Hear Man

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

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