Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
SOPHOCLESIt is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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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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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Who seeks shall find.
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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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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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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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