Sophocles

A man growing old becomes a child again.

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age
No lie ever reaches old age.

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age
You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

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age
Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

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age
Not even old age knows how to love death.

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age
Time alone reveals the just man but you might discern a bad man in a single day.

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alone
Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.

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alone
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

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alone
Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

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best
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

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best
It is best to live however one can be.

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best
For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that.

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death
For the wretched one night is like a thousand for someone faring well death is just one more night.

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death
Not even old age knows how to love death.

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death
To him who is in fear everything rustles.

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fear
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.

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fear
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.

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fear
Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future.

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future
Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.

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future
Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

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god
God's dice always have a lucky roll.

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god
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

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good
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.

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good
To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

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good
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

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happiness
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

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happiness
When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

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happiness
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

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knowledge
Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

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life
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

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men
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.

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men
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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men
Men should pledge themselves to nothing for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

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men
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

-Sophocles

money
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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money
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.

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money
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