Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
SOPHOCLESTime is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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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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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Who seeks shall find.
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