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.
SOPHOCLESAll 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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A lie never lives to be old.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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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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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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