Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
SOPHOCLESKindness will always attract kindness.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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