I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
SOPHOCLESWise thinkers prevail everywhere.
More Sophocles Quotes
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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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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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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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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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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