What you can’t enforce, do not command.
SOPHOCLESA fearful man is always hearing things.
More Sophocles Quotes
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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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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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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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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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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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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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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