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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.

Sophocles

Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Delay Hate One Liner Truth
Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Alone Believe Empty Maintain Man Right Talk Thinking Yourself
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Failure Fake Success
The good befriend themselves.
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Acceptance Friendship Goodness
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Cry God Hands Mourn
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
The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Beautiful Human Use
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Drink Himself Man Thirst Wisdom
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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Fools Love Remember Yourself
No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Agreement Cheating Justice Treat
Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Action Teaching Ugly
Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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God Himself Life Live
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Acceptance Friendship Oneself Possession
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Himself Learning Weakness Wrong
A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Fear Hear Man
What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Command Enforcement Yourself

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