Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
SOPHOCLESIt is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
More Sophocles Quotes
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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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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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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The good befriend themselves.
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