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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.

Sophocles

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Best Born Past Prize
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
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Cry God Hands Mourn
The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Cherish Myself Strength Truth
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Action Talk Terrible Wrong
No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Agreement Cheating Justice Treat
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Greatness Grief Ourselves
Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Alone Believe Empty Maintain Man Right Talk Thinking Yourself
He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Friendship Himself Life Throw
The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Beautiful Human Use
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Goodness Ignore Judgment Lost Man
Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Cure Day Future Mindset
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Inscription Myself Promise Water Woman
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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Day Honesty Oneself Space Test Time
Despair often breeds disease.
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Born Despair Sick
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

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