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.
SOPHOCLESThe happiest life is to be without thought.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Who seeks shall find.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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