Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
SOPHOCLESNobody likes the bringer of bad news.
More Sophocles Quotes
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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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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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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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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