The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
SOPHOCLESNone love the messenger who brings bad news.
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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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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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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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There is no success without hardship.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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