The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
SOPHOCLESThe keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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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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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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