Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
SOPHOCLESWhat greater wound is there than a false friend?
More Sophocles Quotes
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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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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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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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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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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