I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
SOPHOCLESSleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
More Sophocles Quotes
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Who seeks shall find.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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