A short saying often contains much wisdom.
SOPHOCLESThe tyrant is a child of pride.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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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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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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