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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
Sophocles
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What is to be taught I learn what is to be discovered I seek what is to be prayed for I sought from the gods.
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You clearly hate to yield, but you will regret it when your anger has passed. Such natures are justly the hardest for themselves to bear.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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If men live decently it is because discipline saves their very lives for them.
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If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
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Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
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