All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
SOPHOCLESDon’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
More Sophocles Quotes
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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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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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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