How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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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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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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The good befriend themselves.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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