They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
SOPHOCLESTruly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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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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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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