I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
SOPHOCLESA fearful man is always hearing things.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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