What people believe prevails over the truth.
SOPHOCLESFortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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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 keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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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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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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