If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
SOPHOCLESDo not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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The good befriend themselves.
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