The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
SOPHOCLESA wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Who seeks shall find.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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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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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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