Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
SOPHOCLESThe oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
More Sophocles Quotes
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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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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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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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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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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