There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
SOPHOCLESIf you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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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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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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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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