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.
SOPHOCLESAll is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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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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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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