What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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More Sophocles Quotes
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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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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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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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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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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A lie never lives to be old.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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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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