Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
SOPHOCLESA short saying often contains much wisdom.
More Sophocles Quotes
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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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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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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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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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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