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.
SOPHOCLESUgly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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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.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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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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The good befriend themselves.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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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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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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There is no success without hardship.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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