None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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 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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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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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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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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A lie never lives to be old.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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