Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
SOPHOCLESA wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
More Sophocles Quotes
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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There is no success without hardship.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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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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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Who seeks shall find.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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