The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
SOPHOCLESDon’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
More Sophocles Quotes
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Who seeks shall find.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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