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.
SOPHOCLESWhoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
More Sophocles Quotes
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Who seeks shall find.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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There is no success without hardship.
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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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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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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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