Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
SOPHOCLESChildren are the anchors of a mother’s life.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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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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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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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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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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