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Sophocles
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Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger.
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The sleep of a sick man has keen eyes. It is a sleep unsleeping.
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For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams.
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The stubbornest of wills Are soonest bended, as the hardest iron, O'er-heated in the fire to brittleness,Flies soonest into fragments, shivered through.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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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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A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.
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The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.
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Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
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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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To him who is afraid, everything rustles.
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A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers should one day suffer reverse.
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For every nation that lives peaceably, there will be many others to grow hard and push their arrogance to extremes the gods attend to these things slowly. But they attend to those who put off God and turn to madness.
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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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