Sophocles

Sophocles

"Why should a man fear since chance is all in all for him and he can clearly fore-know nothing? Best to live lightly as one can unthinking."
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"Why should a man fear since chance is all in all for him and he can clearly fore-know nothing? Best to live lightly as one can unthinking."
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"Seize the hour."
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"Chance never helps those who do not help themselves."
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"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love."
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"Kindness gives birth to kindness."
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"Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad."
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"One learns by doing the thing for though you think you know it you have no certainty until you try."
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"Best to live lightly unthinkingly."
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"Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way."
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"Wisdom is the most important part of happiness."
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"When a man has lost all happiness he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse."
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"Rather throw away that which is dearest to you your own life than turn away a good friend."
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"To throw away an honest friend is as it were to throw your life away."
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"You win the victory when you yield to friends."
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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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"I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating."
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"Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not help himself."
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"How dangerous can false reasoning prove!"
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"Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act."
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"Without labor nothing prospers."
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