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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.

Sophocles

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Acceptance Friendship Oneself Possession
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
Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Healing One Liner Ourselves Sorrow Time
A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Fear Hear Man
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Depend Happiness Way Wisdom
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Forget Happiness Misery Present
And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Act Eyes Fools Thinking
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Justice Mistake Security
How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Dangerous Evidence Fake Reason
I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Food Myself Recommend
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Mindset Peace War
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Dignity Kind Learning Loss Man Opinion Pronounce Right Thinking Word
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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God Himself Love Rule Stand Wisdom
You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Act Age Himself Man
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
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

You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.

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