Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
SOPHOCLESNo speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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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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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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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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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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In season, all is good.
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