Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
SOPHOCLESThey are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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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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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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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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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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