Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
SOPHOCLESWhom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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