If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

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

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there's no help in the truth.

Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

Whoever gets up and comes to grips with Love like a boxer is a fool.

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

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

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

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

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...

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

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...

Evil counsel travels fast.

Evil counsel travels fast.

Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save...

Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save...

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

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

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

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

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 a point at which even justice does injury.

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Success is dependent on effort.

Success is dependent on effort.

Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Dont take yourself so seriously. Loosen...

Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Dont take yourself so seriously. Loosen...

When you can be your own best audience and when your applause is the best...

When you can be your own best audience and when your applause is the best...

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.

A great leader's courage to fulfill his vision comes from passion, not position.