I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
SOPHOCLESKindness gives birth to kindness.
More Sophocles Quotes
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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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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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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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.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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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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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Who seeks shall find.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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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.
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