But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
SOPHOCLESWhoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
More Sophocles Quotes
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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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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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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