It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
SOPHOCLESThe keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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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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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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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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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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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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