There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
SOPHOCLESNot to be born is, past all prizing, best.
More Sophocles Quotes
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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