Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
SOPHOCLESFortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
More Sophocles Quotes
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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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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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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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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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Knowledge must come through action.
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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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Who seeks shall find.
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