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Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not act.
Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not act.
Approximate author period: c. 451 BC · classical
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- Sophocles
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- Approximate author period: c. 451 BC · classical
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
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