What greater wound is there than a false friend?
SOPHOCLESHide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
More Sophocles Quotes
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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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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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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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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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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