All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
SOPHOCLESUnwanted favours gain no gratitude.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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