Evil counsel travels fast.

Quote by Sophocles

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Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not...

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not...

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the...

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the...

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...

Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship

Men's minds are given to change in hate and friendship

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

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

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Always desire to learn something useful.

Always desire to learn something useful.

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

A man growing old becomes a child again.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

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

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

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event,...

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event,...

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend...

Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend...

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Despair often breeds disease.

Despair often breeds disease.

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.