If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
SOPHOCLESA wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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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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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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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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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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