Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
SOPHOCLESDo nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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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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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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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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