He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
SOPHOCLESA man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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In season, all is good.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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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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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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