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Brave hearts do not back down back off.

Sophocles

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Sophocles
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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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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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When men have killed joy, I do not believe they still live.
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For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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Many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man.
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It is best to live anyhow, as one may do not be afraid of marriage with your mother! Many have lain with their mothers in dreams too. It is he to whom such things are nothing who puts up with life best.
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The golden eye of justice sees, and requites the unjust man.
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For no one loves the bearer of bad tidings.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?
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Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.
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