Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
SOPHOCLESNo treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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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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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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