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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

~Sophocles

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All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

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It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by deeds.

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You win the victory when you yield to friends.

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Silence is an ornament for women.

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Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.

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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

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A short saying often contains much wisdom.

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Poet

Born: Unknown

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