A short saying often contains much wisdom.
SOPHOCLESEach 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.
More Sophocles Quotes
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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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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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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