Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
SOPHOCLESGo then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
More Sophocles Quotes
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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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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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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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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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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