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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.

Sophocles

Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
SOPHOCLES

Cure Day Future Mindset
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
SOPHOCLES

Goodness Ignore Judgment Lost Man
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
SOPHOCLES

Himself Luck Player Wisdom
Despair often breeds disease.
SOPHOCLES

Born Despair Sick
Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Brought Courage God
All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
SOPHOCLES

Disgust Himself Leaving Nature Oneself
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Himself Learning Weakness Wrong
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Decision Quick Safety
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
SOPHOCLES

Advice One Liner Talk Wisdom
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
SOPHOCLES

Dignity Kind Learning Loss Man Opinion Pronounce Right Thinking Word
Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Alone Believe Empty Maintain Man Right Talk Thinking Yourself
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Adversity Ourselves Recognition Sorrow
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
Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Hard Work Remember Success
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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Crime Goodness Himself Man Mistake Pride
Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Bad Bring Messenger News

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