Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
SOPHOCLESGod will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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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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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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