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Let a man nobly live or nobly die.

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Sophocles
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You clearly hate to yield, but you will regret it when your anger has passed. Such natures are justly the hardest for themselves to bear.
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Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.
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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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Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.
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Heap up great wealth in your house, if you wish, and live as a tyrant, but, if the enjoyment of these things be lacking, I would not buy the rest for the shadow of smoke as against happiness.
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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.
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Hope has often caused the love of gain to ruin men.
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When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.
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Man's highest blessedness, In wisdom chiefly stands And in the things that touch upon the Gods, 'Tis best in word or deed To shun unholy pride Great words of boasting bring great punishments, And so to grey-haired age Teach wisdom at the last.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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When you can prove me wrong, then call me blind.
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A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.
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A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.
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If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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What is to be taught I learn what is to be discovered I seek what is to be prayed for I sought from the gods.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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