It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
SOPHOCLESDark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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There is no success without hardship.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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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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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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