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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.

Sophocles

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Sophocles
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Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
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Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Be a thrifty steward of thy goods.
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Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain.
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There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
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Know'st not whate'er we do is done in love?
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.
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Better to die, and sleep The never-waking sleep, than linger on And dare to live when the soul's life is gone.
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