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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.

Sophocles

Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
SOPHOCLES

Favor Gratitude
You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
SOPHOCLES

Day Kind Type Yourself
What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Command Enforcement Yourself
Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
SOPHOCLES

Action Fancy Knowledge Test Trial Yourself
Kindness begets kindness evermore.
SOPHOCLES

Kindness One Liner
Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
SOPHOCLES

Failure Goodness Himself Man Wisdom
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.
SOPHOCLES

Crime Goodness Himself Man Mistake Pride
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.
SOPHOCLES

Children Fortune Goodness Myself Rise Season Shame
Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Destroy Drive Himself Mad
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Himself Luck Player Wisdom
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
SOPHOCLES

Administration Fear Law Man Obedience People Stand State
Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Hard Work Remember Success
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
SOPHOCLES

Action Talk Terrible Wrong
It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Better Grace Live
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Cheating Failure Honor Preference Respect Win
The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Gift God High Kind Man Plant

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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