Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
SOPHOCLESEach one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
More Sophocles Quotes
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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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 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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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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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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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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