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Opportunity has power over all things.

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Sophocles
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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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For every nation that lives peaceably, there will be many others to grow hard and push their arrogance to extremes the gods attend to these things slowly. But they attend to those who put off God and turn to madness.
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A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.
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Ill-gotten gains work evil.
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In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace.
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How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.
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Who seeks shall find.
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Success is dependant on effort.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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No oath can be too binding for a lover.
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But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.
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Do nothing secretly for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
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Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.
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Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
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