There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
SOPHOCLESBest to live lightly, unthinkingly.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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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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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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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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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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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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