Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
SOPHOCLESOpportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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I 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.
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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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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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