It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
SOPHOCLESFortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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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 truth is always the strongest argument.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Who seeks shall find.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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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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