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Knowledge must come through action.

Sophocles

A lie never lives to be old.
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Live Lying Old One Liner
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Himself Learning Weakness Wrong
Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Attraction Kindness One Liner
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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Fools Love Remember Yourself
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Himself Luck Player Wisdom
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Action Talk Terrible Wrong
Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Beautiful Enjoyment Happiness Misery Person Talk Ugly Wealth
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Drink Himself Man Thirst Wisdom
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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Best Born Oneself Possible Reckon
God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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God Injury Punishment Return
For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Kindness Price Return Yourself
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Man Profit Terrible Wisdom
Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Greatness Missing Yourself
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Good Help Man Misfortune Task
If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Aware Dangerous Live Trouble Watch Yourself
Stranger in a strange country.
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Country One Liner Stranger

Knowledge must come through action.

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