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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.

Sophocles

I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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Children Fortune Goodness Myself Rise Season Shame
Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Healing One Liner Ourselves Sorrow Time
The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Argument One Liner Strong Truth
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Strong Weakness
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
There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Beyond Justice Point Statement
Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Funny Love Sport Yourself
Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Brought Courage God
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
Opportunity has power over all things.
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One Liner Opportunity Power
In season, all is good.
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Goodness One Liner Season
Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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God Himself Life Live
Each 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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Count Death Empty Happiness Hope Live Man Myself Worth
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Himself Learning Weakness Wrong
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Man Oneself State
To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Afraid Person Rustle

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