A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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More Sophocles Quotes
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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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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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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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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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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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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