Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
SOPHOCLESThe good befriend themselves.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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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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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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