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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

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Sophocles
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Tragedy Writer
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Kolonos
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Life
Sweetest
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the powerTo reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.
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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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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.
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When an oath is taken ... the mind is more attentive for it guards against two things, the reproach of friends and offence against the gods.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Every wind is fare when we are flying from misfortune.
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To err from the right path is common to mankind.
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What house, bloated with luxury, ever became prosperous without a woman's excellence?
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No oath can be too binding for a lover.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Not even Ares battles against necessity.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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What is to be taught I learn what is to be discovered I seek what is to be prayed for I sought from the gods.
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For the wretched one night is like a thousand for someone faring well death is just one more night.
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