The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Quote by Sophocles

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An unexamined life is not worth living...

An unexamined life is not worth living...

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it...

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a...

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a...

Time is a kindly God

Time is a kindly God

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that...

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that...

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things...

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things...

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

None love the messenger who brings bad news.

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event,...

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event,...

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

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...

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the...

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the...

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.

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...

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

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

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the...

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the...

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.