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Stranger in a strange country.
Sophocles
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
Sophocles
And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly.
Sophocles
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise
Sophocles
A man growing old becomes a child again.
Sophocles
It is best to live anyhow, as one may do not be afraid of marriage with your mother! Many have lain with their mothers in dreams too. It is he to whom such things are nothing who puts up with life best.
Sophocles
Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
Sophocles
When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
Sophocles
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.
Sophocles
When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the end their pride will not agree to let it go, but their acquisition is not good for them if it stays in their hands. In the same way an identical desire drives lovers to act and not to act.
Sophocles
Do nothing secretly for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
Sophocles
Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.
Sophocles
It is not righteousness to outrage
Sophocles
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.
Sophocles
The tyrant is a child of pride.
Sophocles
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
Sophocles
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
Sophocles
And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.
Sophocles
Evil gains work their punishment.
Sophocles
Think not that your word and yours alone must be right.
Sophocles
Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.
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