You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
SOPHOCLESTruly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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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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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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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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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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