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• Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted. -- Sophocles (496-406 BC) -- Phaedra, Frag. 842
• No oath too binding for a lover. -- Sophocles (496-406 BC) -- Phaedra, Frag. 848
• Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
  -- Sophocles (496-406 BC) -- Phaedra, Frag. 619...
• Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand. -- Sophocles (496-406 BC) -- Phaedra, Frag. 854
• The dice of Zeus fall ever luckily. -- Sophocles (496-406 BC) -- Phaedra, Frag. 809
• A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
  -- Sophocles (496-406 BC) -- Phaedra, Frag. 862...
• No falsehood lingers into old age. -- Sophocles (406 BC)
• Stranger in a strange country. -- Sophocles (406 BC)
• Time eases all things. -- Sophocles (406 BC)