There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
SOPHOCLESLaziness is the mother of all evils.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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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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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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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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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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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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No honest man will argue on every side.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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