The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
SOPHOCLESTomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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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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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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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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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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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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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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