You win the victory when you yield to friends.
SOPHOCLESProfit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
SOPHOCLESI have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
SOPHOCLESI recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
SOPHOCLESThings gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
SOPHOCLESStrike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
SOPHOCLESKnowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
SOPHOCLESA state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
SOPHOCLESIgnorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
SOPHOCLESUgly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
SOPHOCLESMoney is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
SOPHOCLESNo honest man will argue on every side.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
SOPHOCLESNot to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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