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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.

Sophocles

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
SOPHOCLES

Gift God High Kind Man Plant
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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Count Death Empty Happiness Hope Live Man Myself Worth
Despair often breeds disease.
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Born Despair Sick
They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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God Himself Love Rule Stand Wisdom
There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Advice Bad Hate
You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Act Age Himself Man
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Darkness Horror Myself
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Few Wisdom Word
Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Evil Lazy Mom
Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Greatness Hands Opinion Power
Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Finding See Time Yourself
But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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Darkness Destiny Escape Power Wealth
Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Born Kindness One Liner
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Acceptance Friendship Oneself Possession
Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Hard Work Remember Success
You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Freedom Life Live Pain Remember Suffering

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