A lie never lives to be old.

Quote by Sophocles

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But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts...

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts...

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that...

But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that...

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

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

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

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...

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

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...

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

For the dead there are no more toils.

For the dead there are no more toils.

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

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

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Silence gives the proper grace to women

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still...

Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still...

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him...

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him...

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...

For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil...