Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
SOPHOCLESThe keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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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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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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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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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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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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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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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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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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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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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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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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