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Sophocles
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The end excuses any evil.
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You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass Life's goal.
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Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool's eye.
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Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.
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Whoever has a keen eye for profits, is blind in relation to his craft.
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Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.
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When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the end their pride will not agree to let it go, but their acquisition is not good for them if it stays in their hands. In the same way an identical desire drives lovers to act and not to act.
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To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
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The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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It can be no dishonor to learn from others when they speak good sense.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Even a poor man can receive honors.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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What you can't enforce, do not command.
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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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No more shall ye behold such sights of woe, deeds I have suffered and myself have wrought henceforward quenched in darkness shall ye see those ye should ne'er have seen now blind to those whom, when I saw, I vainly yearned to know.
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