Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
SOPHOCLESThe Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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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.
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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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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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