I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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More Sophocles Quotes
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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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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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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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.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Who seeks shall find.
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