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.
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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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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There is no success without hardship.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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