Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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More Sophocles Quotes
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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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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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer 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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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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