Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
SOPHOCLESKindness begets kindness evermore.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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The good befriend themselves.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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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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A lie never lives to be old.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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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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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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