It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
SOPHOCLESTruly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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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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Opportunity has power over all things.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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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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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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