Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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More Sophocles Quotes
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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