A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
SOPHOCLESThe keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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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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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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