Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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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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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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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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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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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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The good befriend themselves.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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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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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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