Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
SOPHOCLESIf my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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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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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.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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There is no success without hardship.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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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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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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