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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.

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Sophocles
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There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Not all things are to be discovered many are better concealed.
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And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.
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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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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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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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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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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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A human being is only breath and shadow.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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It is best to live anyhow, as one may do not be afraid of marriage with your mother! Many have lain with their mothers in dreams too. It is he to whom such things are nothing who puts up with life best.
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Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.
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Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach
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We must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day had been.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.
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What men have seen they know. . . .
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