Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
SOPHOCLESYou don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
More Sophocles Quotes
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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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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The good befriend themselves.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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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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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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