To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

Quote by Sophocles

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God's dice always have a lucky roll.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still...

Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still...

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...

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

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

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still...

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still...

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

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...

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts...

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts...

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

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

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,...

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

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.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Even a poor man can receive honors.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.