You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
SOPHOCLESIt 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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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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In season, all is good.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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