But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
SOPHOCLESA wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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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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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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