Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
SOPHOCLESA word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
More Sophocles Quotes
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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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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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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