Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
SOPHOCLESA mind at peace does not engender wars.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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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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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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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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In season, all is good.
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