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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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Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue.
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We must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day had been.
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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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But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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