A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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More Sophocles Quotes
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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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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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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There is no success without hardship.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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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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A lie never lives to be old.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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