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It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.

~Sophocles

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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

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There is no greater evil than anarchy.

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Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver.

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Even a poor man can receive honors.

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Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future.

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Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

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It is best to live however one can be.

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Evil gains work their punishment.

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It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Poet

Born: Unknown

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