The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
SOPHOCLESOne who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
More Sophocles Quotes
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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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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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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