The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
SOPHOCLESDespair often breeds disease.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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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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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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In season, all is good.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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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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