Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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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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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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