The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
SOPHOCLESMoney 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.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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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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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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