Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
SOPHOCLESAll men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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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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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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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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