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Sophocles
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Who seeks shall find.
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For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.
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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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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.
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The sleep of a sick man has keen eyes. It is a sleep unsleeping.
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Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
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To the man who is afraid everything rustles.
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A prudent man should neglect no circumstances.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Yet I pity the poor wretch, though he's my enemy. He's yoked to an evil delusion, but the same fate could be mine. I see clearly: we who live are all phantoms, fleeing shadows.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.
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The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not.
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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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Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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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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What you can't enforce, do not command.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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War loves to seek its victims in the young.
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