It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
SOPHOCLESDespair often breeds disease.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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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 to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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