Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Quote by Sophocles

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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him...

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him...

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

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

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

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who...

There are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who...

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

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...

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

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.

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...

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

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.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the...

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the...