Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
SOPHOCLESAlways desire to learn something useful.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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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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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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