The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach

Quote by Sophocles

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How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

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

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

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

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

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

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

For the dead there are no more toils.

For the dead there are no more toils.

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.

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and...

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.