The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
SOPHOCLESIf you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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There is no success without hardship.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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