A lie never lives to be old.
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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No honest man will argue on every side.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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The good befriend themselves.
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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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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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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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