Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
SOPHOCLESYou win the victory when you yield to friends.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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The good befriend themselves.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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