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Many the wonders but nothing walks stranger than man.

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Sophocles
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The eyes of men love to pluck the blossoms from the faded flowers they turn away.
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Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
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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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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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A prudent man should neglect no circumstances.
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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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To him who is afraid, everything rustles.
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For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams.
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