Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
SOPHOCLESOpinions have greater power than strength of hands.
SOPHOCLESWealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
SOPHOCLESWhoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
SOPHOCLESGo then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
SOPHOCLESIt is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
SOPHOCLESThings gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
SOPHOCLESChildren are the anchors of a mother’s life.
SOPHOCLESA short saying often contains much wisdom.
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.
SOPHOCLESBut the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
SOPHOCLESI have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
SOPHOCLESKnowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
SOPHOCLESEvery man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
SOPHOCLESIn a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
SOPHOCLESRemember there is no success without hard work.
SOPHOCLESNo speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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