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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
SOPHOCLES

Man Oneself State
Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
SOPHOCLES

Easy Medicine Sleep
They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
SOPHOCLES

God Himself Love Rule Stand Wisdom
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
SOPHOCLES

Blame Fate Fortune Worst
God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
SOPHOCLES

God Injury Punishment Return
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
SOPHOCLES

Excellence Hands Man Opinion Pervert
Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
SOPHOCLES

Hard Work Remember Success
When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
SOPHOCLES

Myself Talk Understand
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
SOPHOCLES

Himself Luck Player Wisdom
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
SOPHOCLES

Adversity Ourselves Recognition Sorrow
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Justice Mistake Security
There is no success without hardship.
SOPHOCLES

Hard Time One Liner Success
It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
SOPHOCLES

Hope Kind Maintain Man
I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
SOPHOCLES

Food Myself Recommend
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
SOPHOCLES

Act Fear Feeling Man Word
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.
SOPHOCLES

Best Born Oneself Possible Reckon

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