God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
SOPHOCLESIn a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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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.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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