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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.

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Sophocles
Playwright
Tragedy Writer
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Kolonos
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Wisdom
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Often
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Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain.
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A prudent man should neglect no circumstances.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
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Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.
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Always desire to learn something useful
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Sleep, thou patron of mankind, Great physician of the mind Who does nor pain nor sorrow know, Sweetest balm of every woe.
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Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?
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Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
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The eyes of men love to pluck the blossoms from the faded flowers they turn away.
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A man growing old becomes a child again.
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There are some who praise a man free from disease to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
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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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I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.
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Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied.
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Every wind is fare when we are flying from misfortune.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.
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Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.
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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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