No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
SOPHOCLESDo 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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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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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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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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