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Sophocles
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To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers.
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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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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
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To err is common to all mankind, but having erred he is no longer reckless nor unblest who haven fallen into evil seeks a cure, nor remains unmoved.
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A man growing old becomes a child again.
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We must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day had been.
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