It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
SOPHOCLESGo then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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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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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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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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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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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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