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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.

Sophocles

Love, you mock us for your sport.
SOPHOCLES

Funny Love Sport Yourself
Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
SOPHOCLES

Hard Work Remember Success
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
SOPHOCLES

Doctor Medicine Need Wisdom
Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
SOPHOCLES

Favor Gratitude
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
SOPHOCLES

Himself Learning Weakness Wrong
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.
SOPHOCLES

Best Born Oneself Possible Reckon
Brave hearts do not back down back off.
SOPHOCLES

Brave Heart Let Go
Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
SOPHOCLES

Cure Day Future Mindset
Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
SOPHOCLES

Coward Faint Fortune Luck
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
SOPHOCLES

Lying Ruin Sorry True
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
SOPHOCLES

Kindness One Liner
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.
SOPHOCLES

Crime Goodness Himself Man Mistake Pride
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.
SOPHOCLES

Children Fortune Goodness Myself Rise Season Shame
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
SOPHOCLES

Himself Luck Player Wisdom
To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
SOPHOCLES

Afraid Person Rustle
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
SOPHOCLES

Forget Happiness Misery Present

They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.

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