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.
SOPHOCLESNot to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
More Sophocles Quotes
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present 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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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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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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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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