If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
SOPHOCLESDo not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
More Sophocles Quotes
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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There is no success without hardship.
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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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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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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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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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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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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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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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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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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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