If you have done terrible things, you must endure terrible things; for thus the sacred light of injustice shines bright.

Quote by Sophocles

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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...

A lie never lives to be old.

A lie never lives to be old.

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

All a man's affairs become diseased when he wishes to cure evils by evils.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.

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...

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...

A man growing old becomes a child again.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is...

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: that word is...

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

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...

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still...

Hush! Check those words. Do not cure ill with ill and make your pain still...

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...

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

It is best to live however one can be.

It is best to live however one can be.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.

A soul that is kind and intends justice discovers more than any sophist.

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.

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...

Always desire to learn something useful.

Always desire to learn something useful.