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Kindness will always attract kindness.

Sophocles

Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Count Death Empty Happiness Hope Live Man Myself Worth
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Goodness Ignore Judgment Lost Man
Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Greatness Hands Opinion Power
Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Friendship Stubborn Stupidity
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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Administration Fear Law Man Obedience People Stand State
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Expose Hide Reality Time
Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Greatness Missing Yourself
Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Finding See Time Yourself
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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Beautiful Enjoyment Happiness Misery Person Talk Ugly Wealth
The 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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Dignity Kind Learning Loss Man Opinion Pronounce Right Thinking Word
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Act Fear Feeling Man Word
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Few Wisdom Word
I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Friendship Love Myself Word
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Lying Ruin Sorry True
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Darkness Horror Myself
And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Act Eyes Fools Thinking

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