Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
SOPHOCLESThe gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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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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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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Fear? 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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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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There is no success without hardship.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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