A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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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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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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