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Kindness begets kindness evermore.

Sophocles

A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Himself Luck Player Wisdom
Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Children Life Mom
The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Cherish Myself Strength Truth
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Cry God Hands Mourn
Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Greatness Hands Opinion Power
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Man Mindset Sick Wisdom
The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Happiest Joy Thinking
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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Day Honesty Oneself Space Test Time
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Dignity Kind Learning Loss Man Opinion Pronounce Right Thinking Word
Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Money Moral World
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Forget Happiness Misery Present
I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Food Myself Recommend
Knowledge must come through action.
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Action Knowledge
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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Darkness Destiny Escape Power Wealth
Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Cure Day Future Mindset
If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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Help Luck Need Oneself

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