Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
SOPHOCLESWhom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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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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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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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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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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