Even a poor man can receive honors.

Quote by Sophocles

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You win the victory when you yield to friends.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

An unexamined life is not worth living...

An unexamined life is not worth living...

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells...

There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells...