A fearful man is always hearing things.
SOPHOCLESFortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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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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Despair often breeds disease.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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