Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
SOPHOCLESThe Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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The good befriend themselves.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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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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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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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.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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