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.
SOPHOCLESStrike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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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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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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