Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
SOPHOCLESIn season, all is good.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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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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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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