Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
SOPHOCLESBrave hearts do not back down back off.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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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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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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