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Sophocles
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The end excuses any evil.
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For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.
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The stubbornest of wills Are soonest bended, as the hardest iron, O'er-heated in the fire to brittleness,Flies soonest into fragments, shivered through.
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Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.
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Henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain from every source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf brings more men to ruin than to weal.
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The eyes of men love to pluck the blossoms from the faded flowers they turn away.
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Afterthought makes the first resolve a liar.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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The Greeks could be a crushing bore. I recommend dressing everyone in combat fatigues or S&M gear.
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Even a poor man can receive honors.
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To him who is afraid, everything rustles.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool's eye.
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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.
Sophocles
When men have killed joy, I do not believe they still live.
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You should not consider a man's age but his acts.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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