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.
SOPHOCLESHow terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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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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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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