No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

Quote by Sophocles

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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not...

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: Thou shalt not...

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

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

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

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the...

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the...

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.

Look and you will find it - what is unsought will go undetected.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.

No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.

No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

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

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

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

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...