Evil counsel travels fast.

Quote by Sophocles

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No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

Without labor nothing prospers.

Without labor nothing prospers.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives...

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives...

A man growing old becomes a child again.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who...

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who...

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...