A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
SOPHOCLESNobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
SOPHOCLESSleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
SOPHOCLESNo honest man will argue on every side.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
SOPHOCLESTime alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
SOPHOCLESEvery man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
SOPHOCLESEach one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
SOPHOCLESYou should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
SOPHOCLESDo nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
SOPHOCLESMen of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
SOPHOCLESWhat greater wound is there than a false friend?
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
SOPHOCLESA word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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