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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

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Sophocles
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Kolonos
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Often
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When men have killed joy, I do not believe they still live.
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Know'st not whate'er we do is done in love?
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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To me no profitable speech sounds ill.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.
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Desire looks clear from the eyes of a lovely bride: power as strong as the founded world
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.
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When trouble ends even troubles please.
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The eyes of men love to pluck the blossoms from the faded flowers they turn away.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Even the stout of heart shrink when they see the approach of death.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise
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Having advanced to the limit of boldness, child, you have stumbled against the lofty pedestal of Justice.
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Success is dependant on effort.
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Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
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To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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