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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.

Sophocles

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Call Cry Milk Past Proverb
Always desire to learn something useful.
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Desire Knowledge Learning
Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Lying Sweet Unknown
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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Drink Himself Man Thirst Wisdom
Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Best Captain Opportunity
Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Greatness Hands Opinion Power
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Kindness One Liner
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Best Born Past Prize
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Cry God Hands Mourn
All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Cure Evil Man Wrong
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.
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Administration Fear Law Man Obedience People Stand State
A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Fools Happiness Himself Man Talk Thinking
Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Goodness Ignore Judgment Lost Man
Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Brought Courage God
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Destroy Drive Himself Mad
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Failure Goodness Himself Man Wisdom

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