A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
SOPHOCLESThey 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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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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