Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
SOPHOCLESA wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
More Sophocles Quotes
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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