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A man growing old becomes a child again.

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Children, Men, Age

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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.

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Men, Ideas, Cant

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Nobody loves life like an old man.

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Life, Men, Existence

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Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

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Liars, Lying, Reflection

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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.

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Grief, Sorrow, Gentle

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To never have been born may be the greatest boon of all.

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May, Born, Boon

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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

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Time, All Time

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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.

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Revenge, Men, Return

Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus”, p.157, University of Chicago Press

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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.

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Halloween, Dark, Clouds

Sophocles (2016). “Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone”, p.85, Sophocles

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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.

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Hope, Men, Noble Man

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For kindness begets kindness evermore,
But he from whose mind fades the memory
Of benefits, noble is he no more.

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Kindness, Mind, Noble

"Ajax". Play by Sophocles, Lines 522-524,

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Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.

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Children, Father, May

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When trouble ends even troubles please.

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Trouble, Ends, Please

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Zeus detests above all the boasts of a proud tongue.

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Pride, Proud, Tongue

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Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.

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Strength, Hands, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

"Phædra". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 854,

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In season, all is good.

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Good Times, Timeliness, Seasons

Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus”, p.141, University of Chicago Press

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Brave hearts do not back down back off.

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Heart, Brave, Brave Heart

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A friend in word is never friend of mine.

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Mines

Sophocles (2016). “Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone”, p.240, Sophocles

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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.

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Mankind

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Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.

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Wise, Wisdom, Men

Sophocles (2007). “Dramas of Sophocles”, p.22, Wildside Press LLC

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For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams.

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Life, Dream, Shadow

Sophocles (1908). “The Tragedies of Sophocles”

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Troubles hurt the most when they prove self-inflicted.

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Hurt, Self, Trouble

Sophocles (2012). “Oedipus the King”, p.65, University of Chicago Press

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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.

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Beautiful, Looks, Ugly

Sophocles, Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1996). “Sophocles: Fragments”, p.39, Harvard University Press

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Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.

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Appreciation, Men, Hands

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (1959). “Sophocles”

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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.

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Persons

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Born: 498 BC
Died: 406 BC
Occupation: Playwright
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