Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
SOPHOCLESMuch wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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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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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his 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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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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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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