Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
SOPHOCLESIt is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
More Sophocles Quotes
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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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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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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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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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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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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