The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
SOPHOCLESWhatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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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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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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