There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
SOPHOCLESGod will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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The good befriend themselves.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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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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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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