Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
SOPHOCLESAll is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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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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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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