Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
SOPHOCLESTruth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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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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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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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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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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