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Know'st not whate'er we do is done in love?
Sophocles
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Afterthought makes the first resolve a liar.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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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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Many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man.
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Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?
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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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Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him it cannot be shirked.
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To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
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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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I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.
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