Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
SOPHOCLESThere is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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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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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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