Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
SOPHOCLESWhat people believe prevails over the truth.
More Sophocles Quotes
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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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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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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