I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
SOPHOCLESA lie never lives to be old.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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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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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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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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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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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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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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