Success, remember is the reward of toil.
SOPHOCLESThere is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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The good befriend themselves.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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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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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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