Sophocles Quotes Page 3
Best 83 Quotes by Sophocles – Page 3 of 3
“There is a point at which even justice does injury.”
“There is no greater evil than anarchy.”
“There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?”
“There is no success without hardship.”
“There is no witness so terrible and no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.”
“Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.”
“Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.”
“To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.”
“To give birth is a fearsome thing; there is no hating the child one has borne even when injured by it.”
“To him who is in fear everything rustles.”
“To live without evil belongs only to the gods.”
“Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.”
“War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.”
“When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.”
“Who seeks shall find.”
“Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.”
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“People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt.”
“Whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.”
“Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.”
“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.”
“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.”
“Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.”
“Without labor nothing prospers.”
“You should not consider a man's age but his acts.”
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“The truth of the matter is that the system is not designed to allow for upstart third parties. It can adjust to accommodate a patently bogus third party, and it can tolerate the occasional Republican or Democrat bolting his party to pose as an 'Independent', but a real third party doesn’t stand a chance.
That is why you won’t find anything but Republicans and Democrats in the White House and the US Senate. Even the House of Representatives, reputedly the branch of the federal government most responsive to the people, counts just one Independent among its 435 members.”
