Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
SophoclesSophocles All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
SophoclesSophocles Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
SophoclesSophocles Kindness will always attract kindness.
SophoclesSophocles The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
SophoclesSophocles The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
SophoclesSophocles What greater wound is there than a false friend?
SophoclesSophocles All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
SophoclesSophocles Opportunity has power over all things.
SophoclesSophocles Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
SophoclesSophocles Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
SophoclesSophocles You win the victory when you yield to friends.
SophoclesSophocles 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.
SophoclesSophocles God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
SophoclesSophocles Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
SophoclesSophocles It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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