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What men have seen they know. . . .

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Sophocles
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Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came
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Do nothing secretly for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Every wind is fare when we are flying from misfortune.
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It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
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Even a poor man can receive honors.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Yet I pity the poor wretch, though he's my enemy. He's yoked to an evil delusion, but the same fate could be mine. I see clearly: we who live are all phantoms, fleeing shadows.
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Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.
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Silence gives the proper grace to women
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Success is dependant on effort.
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To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
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Whoever has a keen eye for profits, is blind in relation to his craft.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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To women silence gives their proper grace.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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To those who err in judgment, not in will, anger is gentle.
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