The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
SOPHOCLESAll is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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