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A man growing old becomes a child again.
Sophocles
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.
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All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Children are the anchors of a mother's life.
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For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that.
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For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is just one more night.
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Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.
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God's dice always have a lucky roll.
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Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not help himself.
Sophocles
Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.
Sophocles
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
Sophocles
How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
Sophocles
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
Sophocles
Is anyone in all the world safe from unhappiness?
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself, and no one else, has made it.
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It is best to live however one can be.
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