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Sophocles

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
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Strong Weakness
Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Jewellery Silence Woman
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Advice One Liner Talk Wisdom
Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Best Light Live Thinking
To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Afraid Person Rustle
A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Fools Happiness Himself Man Talk Thinking
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Failure Fake Success
You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Friendship Victory Win Yourself
Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Finding See Time Yourself
The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Cruelty Goodness Soul Wicked
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
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Destroy Drive Himself Mad
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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Chance Day Fear Live Man Rule
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Himself Learning Weakness Wrong
What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Believe People Thinking Truth

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