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Knowledge must come through action.

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Sophocles
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Men whose wit has been mother of villainy once have learned from it to be evil in all things.
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Be a thrifty steward of thy goods.
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Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.
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Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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For kindness begets kindness evermore, But he from whose mind fades the memory Of benefits, noble is he no more.
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Great Time makes all things dim.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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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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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Oh death, death, why do you never come to me thus summoned always day by day?
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There are times when even justice brings harm with it.
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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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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship.
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For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one's own life, which one loves best.
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