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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.

Sophocles

Kindness will always attract kindness.
SOPHOCLES

Attraction Kindness One Liner
You win the victory when you yield to friends.
SOPHOCLES

Friendship Victory Win Yourself
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
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
SOPHOCLES

Cry God Hands Mourn
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
SOPHOCLES

Action Talk Terrible Wrong
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
I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
SOPHOCLES

Friendship Love Myself Word
Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Cure Day Future Mindset
Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Delay Hate One Liner Truth
Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Hard Work Remember Success
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Man Mindset Sick Wisdom
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Mindset Peace War
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Chance Day Fear Live Man Rule
Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Action Fancy Knowledge Test Trial Yourself
You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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Ideas Kill Man Yourself
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

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