Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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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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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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