There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
SOPHOCLESMuch wisdom often goes with fewer words.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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