No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
SOPHOCLESIf we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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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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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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