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What is to be taught I learn what is to be discovered I seek what is to be prayed for I sought from the gods.

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Sophocles
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Let a man nobly live or nobly die.
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Not all things are to be discovered many are better concealed.
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To err from the right path is common to mankind.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Time is a kindly God.
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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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The golden eye of justice sees, and requites the unjust man.
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I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
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