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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
Sophocles
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.
Sophocles
How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.
Sophocles
Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still heavier than it is.
Sophocles
I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.
Sophocles
I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or a weightless shadow.
Sophocles
I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
Sophocles
I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
Sophocles
If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than weeping.
Sophocles
If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
Sophocles
If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.
Sophocles
If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: "Thou shalt not ration justice."
Sophocles
If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.
Sophocles
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
Sophocles
Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.
Sophocles
In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
Sophocles
Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?
Sophocles
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
Sophocles
It is best to live however one can be.
Sophocles
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
Sophocles
