A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
SOPHOCLESEach say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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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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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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