Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
SOPHOCLESNobody likes the bringer of bad news.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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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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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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