Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
SOPHOCLESFear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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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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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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