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Sophocles
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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 tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the powerTo reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Ill-gotten gains work evil.
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Success is dependant on effort.
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Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.
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We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.
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I was born to join in love, not hate - that is my nature.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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For even bold natures flee, whenever they see Hades close to life.
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Desire looks clear from the eyes of a lovely bride: power as strong as the founded world
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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To those who err in judgment, not in will, anger is gentle.
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I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
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