None love the messenger who brings bad news.
SOPHOCLESTime alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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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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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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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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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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