No honest man will argue on every side.
SOPHOCLESNo honest man will argue on every side.
SOPHOCLESOne who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
SOPHOCLESThe good befriend themselves.
SOPHOCLESMen of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
SOPHOCLESFortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
SOPHOCLESOpinions have greater power than strength of hands.
SOPHOCLESMoney 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.
SOPHOCLESWithout labor nothing prospers.
SOPHOCLESNo speech can stain what is noble by nature.
SOPHOCLESTruth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
SOPHOCLESMuch wisdom often goes with fewer words.
SOPHOCLESTime alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
SOPHOCLESNot 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.
SOPHOCLESA state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
SOPHOCLESNow let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
SOPHOCLESNot knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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