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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

Sophocles

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Strong Weakness
Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Brave Heart Let Go
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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Children Fortune Goodness Myself Rise Season Shame
All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Disgust Himself Leaving Nature Oneself
Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Favor Gratitude
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.
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Aware Dangerous Live Trouble Watch Yourself
Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Fortune Hard Work Lazy
Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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One Liner Remember Reward Success
Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Born Kindness One Liner
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Cry God Hands Mourn
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Destroy Drive Himself Mad
Not 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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Best Born Oneself Possible Reckon
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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Heart Spirit Thinking Wisdom Word
You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Act Age Himself Man
Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Alone Bad Day Man Reveal Time
What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Command Enforcement Yourself

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