Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
SophoclesSophocles A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
SophoclesSophocles I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
SophoclesSophocles You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
SophoclesSophocles Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
SophoclesSophocles Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
SophoclesSophocles If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
SophoclesSophocles Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
SophoclesSophocles Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
SophoclesSophocles A fearful man is always hearing things.
SophoclesSophocles Always desire to learn something useful.
SophoclesSophocles And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
SophoclesSophocles A lie never lives to be old.
SophoclesSophocles The happiest life is to be without thought.
SophoclesSophocles Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
SophoclesSophocles To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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