Despair often breeds disease.
SOPHOCLESThe truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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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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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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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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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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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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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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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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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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