No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
SOPHOCLESYou should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
More Sophocles Quotes
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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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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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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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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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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