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.
SOPHOCLESRemember, nothing succeeds without toil.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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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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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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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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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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The good befriend themselves.
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