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.
SOPHOCLESIf 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 will always attract kindness.
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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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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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