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To err is common to all mankind, but having erred he is no longer reckless nor unblest who haven fallen into evil seeks a cure, nor remains unmoved.

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Sophocles
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Time is a kindly God.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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