Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
SOPHOCLESStubbornness and stupidity are twins.
SOPHOCLESFortune never helps the fainthearted.
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.
SOPHOCLESA state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
SOPHOCLESYou don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
SOPHOCLESDo 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.
SOPHOCLESEach one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
SOPHOCLESThey are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
SOPHOCLESIt is hope that maintains most of mankind.
SOPHOCLESA wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
SOPHOCLESQuick decisions are unsafe decisions.
SOPHOCLESDon’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
SOPHOCLESKnowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
SOPHOCLESTime alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
SOPHOCLESIgnorance is a tough evil to conquer.
SOPHOCLESChildren are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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