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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
Sophocles
Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
Sophocles
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Sophocles
Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
Sophocles
Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
Sophocles
