No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
SOPHOCLESTime alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
More Sophocles Quotes
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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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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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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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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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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