You win the victory when you yield to friends.
SOPHOCLESUgly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
More Sophocles Quotes
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
SOPHOCLESNot to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
SOPHOCLESGentle time will heal our sorrows.
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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.
SOPHOCLESNot 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.
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In season, all is good.
SOPHOCLESIn season, all is good.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
SOPHOCLESThere is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Despair often breeds disease.
SOPHOCLESDespair often breeds disease.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
SOPHOCLESI have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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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.
SOPHOCLESIt 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.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
SOPHOCLESA state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
SOPHOCLESNobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
SOPHOCLESWhat people believe prevails over the truth.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
SOPHOCLESA short saying often contains much wisdom.
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