A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
SOPHOCLESDark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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