You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
SOPHOCLESThe 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.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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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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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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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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Always desire to learn something useful.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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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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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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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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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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