The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
SOPHOCLESFor whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
More Sophocles Quotes
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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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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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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