Sophocles on cure
Sophocles146 quotes“All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.”
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
SophoclesSophocles Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
SophoclesSophocles 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.
SophoclesSophocles Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
SophoclesSophocles Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
SophoclesSophocles A fearful man is always hearing things.
SophoclesSophocles Always desire to learn something useful.
SophoclesSophocles And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
SophoclesSophocles A lie never lives to be old.
SophoclesSophocles The happiest life is to be without thought.
SophoclesSophocles Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
SophoclesSophocles To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
SophoclesSophocles Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
SophoclesSophocles Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
SophoclesSophocles Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
SophoclesSophocles You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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Anne FrankAnne Frank Religion: Together we can find the cure.
Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins My mother said the cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping somebody who was worse off than you.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan It is more necessary for the soul to be cured than the body; for it is better to die than to live badly.
EpictetusEpictetus The cure for pain is in the pain.
RumiRumi Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
Jane AustenJane Austen
