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.
SOPHOCLESFor whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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The good befriend themselves.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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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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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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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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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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