The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
SOPHOCLESEvery man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
More Sophocles Quotes
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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There is no success without hardship.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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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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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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