It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
SOPHOCLESDon’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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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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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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