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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.

Sophocles

What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
SOPHOCLES

Blame Fate Fortune Worst
Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Blind Man See
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.
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Best Born Oneself Possible Reckon
Opportunity has power over all things.
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One Liner Opportunity Power
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
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Himself Learning Weakness Wrong
There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Beyond Justice Point Statement
Without labor nothing prospers.
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Labor Prosperity
A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Fear Hear Man
All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Cure Evil Man Wrong
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Kindness One Liner
Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Heart Spirit Thinking Wisdom Word
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Call Cry Milk Past Proverb
Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Jewellery Silence Woman
The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Inscription Myself Promise Water Woman
Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Cure Day Future Mindset

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