The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
SOPHOCLESFortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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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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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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I 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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