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3 December 2020 Sophocles

Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

A word does not frighten the man who, in acting, feels no fear.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

For the wretched one night is like a thousand for someone faring well death is just one more night.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

A man growing old becomes a child again.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

Evil gains work their punishment.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

When a man has lost all happiness, he’s not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

For death is not the worst, but when one wants to die and is not able even to have that.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

It is best to live however one can be.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

3 December 2020 Sophocles

Reason is God’s crowning gift to man.

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