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Love, you mock us for your sport.

Sophocles

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Administration Fear Law Man Obedience People Stand State
The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Happiest Joy Thinking
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Chance Day Fear Live Man Rule
Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Brave Heart Let Go
Always desire to learn something useful.
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Desire Knowledge Learning
The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Cherish Myself Strength Truth
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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Beautiful Enjoyment Happiness Misery Person Talk Ugly Wealth
No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Agreement Cheating Justice Treat
A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Learning Man Mindset Shame Thinking Wisdom
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
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Goodness Ignore Judgment Lost Man
And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Act Eyes Fools Thinking
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Kindness One Liner
There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Advice Bad Hate
The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Beautiful Human Use
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Failure Fake Success

Love, you mock us for your sport.

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