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It made our hair stand up in panic fear.

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Sophocles
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother my sisters are the Seasons my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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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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Do nothing secretly for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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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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I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
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When I have tried and failed, I shall have failed.
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War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.
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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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Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one's own life, which one loves best.
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Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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Men should pledge themselves to nothing for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
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Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain.
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Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.
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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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