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.
SOPHOCLESAll concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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The good befriend themselves.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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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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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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