Laziness is the mother of all evils.
SOPHOCLESAnd if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Who seeks shall find.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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The good befriend themselves.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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