Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
SOPHOCLESMuch wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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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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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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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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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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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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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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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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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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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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