"If men live decently it is because discipline saves their very lives for them."
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"If I am Sophocles, I am not mad; and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles."
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"Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man."
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"I write a woman's oaths in water."
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"The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings."
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"You would rouse to anger a heart of stone."
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"But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless."
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"For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams."
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"Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune."
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"A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part."
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"What men have seen they know. . . ."
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"When you can prove me wrong, then call me blind."
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"If they are just, they are better than clever."
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"There are times when even justice brings harm with it."
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"Often have brief words laid men low and then raise them up."
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"In a just cause it is right to be confident."
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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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"True, as unwisdom is the worst of ills"
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"Whoever has a keen eye for profits, is blind in relation to his craft."
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"Wisdom is the most important part of happiness."
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