Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
SOPHOCLESSleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
More Sophocles Quotes
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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