It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
SOPHOCLESUgly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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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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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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