Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
SOPHOCLESAll 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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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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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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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.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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