Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
SOPHOCLESA trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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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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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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