I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
SOPHOCLESThe truth is always the strongest argument.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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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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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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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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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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