The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
SOPHOCLESTime alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
More Sophocles Quotes
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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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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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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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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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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The good befriend themselves.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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