Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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SophoclesSophocles The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
SophoclesSophocles What greater wound is there than a false friend?
SophoclesSophocles All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
SophoclesSophocles Opportunity has power over all things.
SophoclesSophocles Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
SophoclesSophocles Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
SophoclesSophocles You win the victory when you yield to friends.
SophoclesSophocles Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
SophoclesSophocles God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
SophoclesSophocles Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
SophoclesSophocles It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
SophoclesSophocles Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
SophoclesSophocles You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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