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Sophocles
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There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
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I was not born to share the hate, but love.
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Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
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How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.
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I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Afterthought makes the first resolve a liar.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him it cannot be shirked.
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All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.
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What you can't enforce, do not command.
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Success is the reward for toil.
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It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.
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When an oath is taken ... the mind is more attentive for it guards against two things, the reproach of friends and offence against the gods.
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Always desire to learn something useful
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The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.
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Henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain from every source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf brings more men to ruin than to weal.
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For even bold natures flee, whenever they see Hades close to life.
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Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it for tomorrow is not, until today is past.
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Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.
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There are some who praise a man free from disease to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
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