Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
SOPHOCLESYou should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
More Sophocles Quotes
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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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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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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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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