A lie never lives to be old.
SOPHOCLESWealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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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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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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There is no success without hardship.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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