I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
SOPHOCLESStranger in a strange country.
More Sophocles Quotes
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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