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Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
Sophocles
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Greek
-
Poet
496 BC - 406 BC
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
Sophocles
Mother
,
Mother's Day
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
Sophocles
Fail
,
Would
,
Prefer
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
Sophocles
Fraud
,
Fail
,
Rather
Always desire to learn something useful.
Sophocles
Motivational
,
Desire
,
Always
Success is dependent on effort.
Sophocles
Success
,
Effort
,
Success Is
Old age and the passage of time teach all things.
Sophocles
Time
,
Old
,
Passage
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
Sophocles
Will
,
Possession
,
Show
A human being is only breath and shadow.
Sophocles
Shadow
,
Breath
,
Human Being
There is no success without hardship.
Sophocles
Success
,
Hardship
,
Without
Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.
Sophocles
Wickedness
,
Foolishness
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To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
Sophocles
Doing
,
Deeds
,
Most
Who seeks shall find.
Sophocles
Motivational
,
Find
,
Shall
One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.
Sophocles
Love
,
Pain
,
One Word
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
Sophocles
Sad
,
Sole
,
Adversities
The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.
Sophocles
Always
,
Zeus
,
Fall
Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
Sophocles
Blind
,
See
,
Far
Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
Sophocles
Never
,
Through
,
Unjust
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
Sophocles
Wisdom
,
Decisions
,
Quick
Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.
Sophocles
Heaven
,
Zeus
,
Still
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.'
Sophocles
Keep
,
Shalt
,
Ration
Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.
Sophocles
Disease
,
Grows
,
Misfortunes
Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
Sophocles
Time
,
Hide
,
Which
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
Sophocles
Wisdom
,
Wealth
,
Any
Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
Sophocles
Bad
,
Might
,
Reveals
It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
Sophocles
Help
,
Task
,
Misfortune
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
Sophocles
More
,
Him
,
Please
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