I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
SOPHOCLESTruly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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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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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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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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Knowledge must come through action.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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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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Stranger in a strange country.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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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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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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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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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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