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The truth is always the strongest argument.

The truth is always the strongest argument.

Sophocles
Truth, Understanding, Prussia
"Phædra". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 737,

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Sophocles
Mistake, Character, Pride
Sophocles (1977). “The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version”, Harcourt

One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Sophocles
Love, Life, Wedding
"Oedipus at Colonus". Play by Sophocles, Lines 1616-1618,

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Sophocles
Honesty, Integrity, Honor

What people believe prevails over the truth.

Sophocles
Truth, Believe, Divorce
Sophocles, Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1996). “Sophocles: Fragments”, p.37, Harvard University Press

The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.

Sophocles
Beautiful, Deeds, Humans

If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.

Sophocles
Kindness, Helping Others, Luck

You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.

Sophocles
Pain, Suffering, Remember
Sophocles, Peter Meineck, Paul Woodruff (2003). “Theban Plays”, p.204, Hackett Publishing

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

Sophocles
Wise, Wisdom, Communication

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Sophocles
Kindness, Secret Life, Goodness And Kindness

Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.

Sophocles
Mind, Care, Today
Sophocles (1958). “The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles”, Signet

Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.

Sophocles
Stupidity, Twins, Stubbornness
Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus”, p.58, University of Chicago Press

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Sophocles
Men, Blind, Every Man

Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.

Sophocles
Ignorance, Evil, Tough

A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

Sophocles
Inspirational, Education, Wise
David Grene, Sophocles (1959). “Sophocles”, [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press

Remember there is no success without hard work.

Sophocles
Hard Work, Remember, Hard
Electra, 945 (translated by H Lloyd-Jones,1994).

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Sophocles
Inspirational, Honesty, Pain
"Oedipus Rex". Play by Sophocles, Line 1184,

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

Sophocles
Water, Oath

What you can't enforce, do not command.

Sophocles
Leadership, Future Leaders, Great Leader

Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.

Sophocles
Time, Secret, Secrecy
"Hipponous". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 280,

A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.

Sophocles
Communication, Men, Thinking

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Sophocles
Life, Love You, Deeds

Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.

Sophocles
Sides, Fortune, Hearted
"Phædra". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 842,

Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)

Sophocles
Truth, Hate, Delay

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

Sophocles
Life, Cheating, Failure
David Grene, Sophocles (1959). “Sophocles”, [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press

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