| C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. | | | | Sophocles |
| | | | Whoe’er imagines prudence all his own, |
| Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge |
| Such as none other hath, when they are known, |
| They are found shallow. |
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| A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool’s part. | 2 |
| A lie never lives to be old. | 3 |
| A prudent man should neglect no circumstances. | 4 |
| As sight is in the eye, so is the mind in the soul! | 5 |
| Be sure no lie can ever reach old age. | 6 |
| Chance never helps those who do not help themselves. | 7 |
| For to cast away a virtuous friend, I call as bad as to cast away one’s own life, which one loves best. | 8 |
| Heaven ne’er helps the man who will not help himself. | 9 |
| It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers. | 10 |
| It is only great souls that know how much glory there is in being good. | 11 |
| Kindness gives birth to kindness. | 12 |
| Man’s worst ill is stubbornness of heart. | 13 |
| Observe, without labor nothing prospers. | 14 |
| The gods love those of ordered soul. | 15 |
| The rugged, all-nourishing earth. | 16 |
| To women silence gives their proper grace. | 17 |
| Truth is always straightforward. | 18 | | |
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