Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
SOPHOCLESWhat people believe prevails over the truth.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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