Kindness gives birth to kindness.
SOPHOCLESThe good befriend themselves.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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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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No honest man will argue on every side.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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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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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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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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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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