Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
SOPHOCLESI 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.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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