A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
SOPHOCLESWhat greater wound is there than a false friend?
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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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.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Who seeks shall find.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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