Without labor nothing prospers.

Quote by Sophocles

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For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

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

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

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong

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.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

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...

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

No lie ever reaches old age.

No lie ever reaches old age.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

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...

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...

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a...

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a...

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

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

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

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.

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...

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...

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common...

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common...

Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it.

Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it.