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Let a man nobly live or nobly die.
Sophocles
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Ah, race of mortal men, How as a thing of nought I count ye, though ye live For who is there of men That more of blessing knows, Than just a little while To seem to prosper well, And, having seemed, to fall?
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Yet I pity the poor wretch, though he's my enemy. He's yoked to an evil delusion, but the same fate could be mine. I see clearly: we who live are all phantoms, fleeing shadows.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.
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When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.
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Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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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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There is a time when even justice brings harm.
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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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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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To err is common to all mankind, but having erred he is no longer reckless nor unblest who haven fallen into evil seeks a cure, nor remains unmoved.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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