Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
SOPHOCLESUnwanted favours gain no gratitude.
More Sophocles Quotes
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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The good befriend themselves.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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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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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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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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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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In season, all is good.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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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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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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