It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
SOPHOCLESIf you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
More Sophocles Quotes
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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