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

Quote by Sophocles

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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

You should not consider a man's age but his acts.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

A short saying oft contains much wisdom

No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.

No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

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.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

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...

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...

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

For the dead there are no more toils.

For the dead there are no more toils.

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...

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have...

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have...