A mind at peace does not engender wars.
SOPHOCLESHe who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Knowledge must come through action.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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