Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
SOPHOCLESI 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.
More Sophocles Quotes
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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The good befriend themselves.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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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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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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