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.
SOPHOCLESNo speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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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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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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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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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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