Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
SOPHOCLESNobody likes the bringer of bad news.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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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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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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