All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
SOPHOCLESQuick decisions are unsafe decisions.
More Sophocles Quotes
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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