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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

Sophocles

Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Coward Fortune
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Destroy Drive Himself Mad
Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Delay Hate One Liner Truth
Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Easy Medicine Sleep
Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Secret See Time
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Man Mindset Sick Wisdom
There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Call Cry Milk Past Proverb
A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Circumstance Important Pregnant
You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Day Kind Type Yourself
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Darkness Horror Myself
A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Fear Hear Man
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Failure Goodness Himself Man Wisdom
The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Gift God High Kind Man Plant
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Few Wisdom Word
Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Healing One Liner Ourselves Sorrow Time
Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Blind Man See

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