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Opportunity has power over all things.

Sophocles

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Sophocles
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Henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain from every source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf brings more men to ruin than to weal.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.
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Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend.
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For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him it cannot be shirked.
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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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War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.
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True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills
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It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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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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Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass Life's goal.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Everything is ideal to its parent.
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Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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A man growing old becomes a child again.
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