I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
SOPHOCLESWhatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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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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Opportunity has power over all things.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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