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Success, remember is the reward of toil.

Sophocles

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Depend Happiness Way Wisdom
A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Learning Man Mindset Shame Thinking Wisdom
Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Cure Day Future Mindset
Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Brought Courage God
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Excellence Hands Man Opinion Pervert
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
God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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God Injury Punishment Return
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Himself Learning Weakness Wrong
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Mindset Peace War
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Advice One Liner Talk Wisdom
Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Coward Fortune
The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Argument One Liner Strong Truth
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Man Profit Terrible Wisdom
And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Act Eyes Fools Thinking
It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Better Grace Live
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Cheating Failure Honor Preference Respect Win
Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Children Life Mom
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Kindness One Liner
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
What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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Fake Friendship Greatness Wound
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Man Oneself State
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Cry God Hands Mourn
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 Born Oneself Possible Reckon
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Administration Fear Law Man Obedience People Stand State
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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Aware Dangerous Live Trouble Watch Yourself
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Good Help Man Misfortune Task
The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Happiest Joy Thinking

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