Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
SOPHOCLESI am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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There is no success without hardship.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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