A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
SOPHOCLESA trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Who seeks shall find.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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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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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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