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Let a man nobly live or nobly die.

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Sophocles
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When men have killed joy, I do not believe they still live.
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Henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain from every source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf brings more men to ruin than to weal.
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The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach
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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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Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.
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Ill-gotten gains work evil.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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What you can't enforce, do not command.
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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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No one who errs unwillingly is evil.
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It is best to live anyhow, as one may do not be afraid of marriage with your mother! Many have lain with their mothers in dreams too. It is he to whom such things are nothing who puts up with life best.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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Now let the weeping cease Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.
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Every wind is fare when we are flying from misfortune.
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A man who deals in fairness with his own, he can make manifest justice in the state.
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It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
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To err from the right path is common to mankind.
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