What people believe prevails over the truth.
SOPHOCLESThe happiest life is to be without thought.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Wealth 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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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Money 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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