All men are liable to err; but when an error hath been made, that man is no longer witless or unblest who… — Sophocles
All men are liable to err; but when an error hath been made, that man is no longer witless or unblest who heals the ill into which he hath fallen, and remains not stubborn.
τοῖς πᾶσι κοινόν ἐστι τοὐξαμαρτάνειν·
ἐπεὶ δ᾿ ἁμάρτῃ, κεῖνος οὐκέτ᾿ ἔστ᾿ ἀνὴρ
ἄβουλος οὐδ᾿ ἄνολβος, ὅστις ἐς κακὸν
πεσὼν ἀκεῖται μηδ᾿ ἀκίνητος πέλει.
Source: Wikiquote · CC BY-SA 4.0
More from this book
Show me the man who keeps his house in hand,
He's fit for public authority.
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.
Ill-gotten gains work evil.
p. 478
