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.
SOPHOCLESThe keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
More Sophocles Quotes
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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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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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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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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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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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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