A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
SOPHOCLESIf you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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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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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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