What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
SOPHOCLESA wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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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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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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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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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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