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.
SOPHOCLESFortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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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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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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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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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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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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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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