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Sophocles
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Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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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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No one who errs unwillingly is evil.
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True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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More men come to doom through dirty profits than are kept by them.
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I write a woman's oaths in water.
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Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.
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In darkness one may be ashamed of what one does, without the shame of disgrace.
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It is not righteousness to outrage A brave man dead, not even though you hate him.
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Not all things are to be discovered many are better concealed.
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What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?
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If I am young, then you should look not to age but to deeds.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
Sophocles
All our mortal lives are set in danger and perplexity: one day to prosper, and the next -- who knows? When all is well, then look for rocks ahead.
Sophocles
For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
Sophocles
Now let the weeping cease Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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