All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
SOPHOCLESStrike at a great man, and you will not miss.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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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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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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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.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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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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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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The good befriend themselves.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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