Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
SOPHOCLESIf you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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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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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Who seeks shall find.
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