Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
SOPHOCLESRather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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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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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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I 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.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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