Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
SOPHOCLESDark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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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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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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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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