Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
SOPHOCLESHide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
More Sophocles Quotes
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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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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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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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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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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