Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him.
Sophocles
Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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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.
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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.
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Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till some one dash it from them.
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There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.
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Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly; and there is no prophet of the future for mortal men.
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Love, unconquerable, Waster of rich men, keeper Of warm lights and all-night vigil In the soft face of a girl: Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor! Even the pure immortals cannot escape you, And mortal man, in his one day's dusk, Trembles before your glory.
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That henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain from every source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf brings more men to ruin than to weal.
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But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.
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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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Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
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