What greater wound is there than a false friend?
SOPHOCLESFor whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
More Sophocles Quotes
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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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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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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