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.
SOPHOCLESA man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
More Sophocles Quotes
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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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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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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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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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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There is no success without hardship.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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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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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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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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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Who seeks shall find.
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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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