Even a poor man can receive honors.

Quote by Sophocles

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For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

For the dead there are no more toils.

For the dead there are no more toils.

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

It is God's giving if we laugh or weep

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

A human being is only breath and shadow.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

Despair often breeds disease.

Despair often breeds disease.

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

Always desire to learn something useful.

Always desire to learn something useful.

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.