But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
SOPHOCLESKindness gives birth to kindness.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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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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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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