God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
SOPHOCLESNobody likes the bringer of bad news.
More Sophocles Quotes
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There is no success without hardship.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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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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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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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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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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