What greater wound is there than a false friend?
SOPHOCLESThe greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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