There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
SOPHOCLESThe 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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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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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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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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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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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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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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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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