It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
SOPHOCLESWhom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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In season, all is good.
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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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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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The good befriend themselves.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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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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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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