Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
SOPHOCLESI would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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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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In season, all is good.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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