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I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either.Sophocles, Antigone
Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.Sophocles, Antigone
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!Sophocles, Antigone
Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.Sophocles, Antigone
Be neither too remote nor too familiar.Prince Charles, of Wales
The ideal condition
Would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct;
But since we are all likely to go astray,
The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach.Sophocles, Antigone
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.Sophocles, Antigone
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;
No wisdom but in submission to the gods.
Big words are always punished,
And proud men in old age learn to be wise.Sophocles, Antigone
Death is not the worst; rather, in vain
To wish for death, and not to compass it.Sophocles, Electra
A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers would one day suffer reverse.Sophocles, Trachiniae