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Kindness begets kindness evermore.

Sophocles

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
SOPHOCLES

Drink Himself Man Thirst Wisdom
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
SOPHOCLES

Goodness Ignore Judgment Lost Man
A fearful man is always hearing things.
SOPHOCLES

Fear Hear Man
Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
SOPHOCLES

Best Born Oneself Possible Reckon
Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
SOPHOCLES

Conquer Evil Ignorance Tough
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
SOPHOCLES

Decision Quick Safety
Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
SOPHOCLES

Finding See Time Yourself
There is no success without hardship.
SOPHOCLES

Hard Time One Liner Success
You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
SOPHOCLES

Freedom Life Live Pain Remember Suffering
Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
SOPHOCLES

Blind Man See
Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Greatness Hands Opinion Power
Always desire to learn something useful.
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Desire Knowledge Learning
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
SOPHOCLES

Coward Fortune
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
SOPHOCLES

Lying Ruin Sorry True
The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
SOPHOCLES

Gift God High Kind Man Plant
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
SOPHOCLES

Fools Love Remember Yourself

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