A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
SOPHOCLESThe good befriend themselves.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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