The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
SOPHOCLESIt is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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