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.
SOPHOCLESA trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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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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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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