There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
SOPHOCLESNot 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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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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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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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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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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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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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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In season, all is good.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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