Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
SOPHOCLESMoney: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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In season, all is good.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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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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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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