The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
SOPHOCLESRather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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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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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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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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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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