A fearful man is always hearing things.

Quote by Sophocles

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How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong

Silence is an ornament for women.

Silence is an ornament for women.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is...

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

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

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a...

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

There is no greater evil than anarchy.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

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

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

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred...

If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred...

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.