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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.

~Sophocles

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If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'

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Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

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Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.

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Enemies' gifts are no gifts and do no good.

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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

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I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

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No lie ever reaches old age.

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Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Poet

Born: Unknown

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