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Many the wonders but nothing walks stranger than man.

Sophocles

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Sophocles
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Kolonos
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Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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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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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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But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.
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Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
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For no one loves the bearer of bad tidings.
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God's dice always have a lucky roll.
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The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength
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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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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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More men come to doom through dirty profits than are kept by them.
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If men live decently it is because discipline saves their very lives for them.
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True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills
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