A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
SOPHOCLESA trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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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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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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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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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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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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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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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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