Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
SOPHOCLESNot to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
More Sophocles Quotes
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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