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Sophocles
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For no one loves the bearer of bad tidings.
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Trouble brings trouble upon trouble.
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To women silence gives their proper grace.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise
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The end excuses any evil.
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For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly.
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To those who err in judgment, not in will, anger is gentle.
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Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man the power that crosses the white sea, driven by the stormy wind, making a path under surges that threaten to engulf him.
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No more shall ye behold such sights of woe, deeds I have suffered and myself have wrought henceforward quenched in darkness shall ye see those ye should ne'er have seen now blind to those whom, when I saw, I vainly yearned to know.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.
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You clearly hate to yield, but you will regret it when your anger has passed. Such natures are justly the hardest for themselves to bear.
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If to some my tale seems foolishness I am content that such could count me fool.
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It's terrible when the one who does the judging judges things all wrong.
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It is best to live however one can be.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
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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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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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