Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
SOPHOCLESNo speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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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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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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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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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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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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