The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
SOPHOCLESTime is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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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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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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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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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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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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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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In season, all is good.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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