Silence is an ornament for women.

Quote by Sophocles

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God's dice always have a lucky roll

God's dice always have a lucky roll

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

Gratitude to gratitude always gives birth.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

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.

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

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

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.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger

If you are out of trouble, watch for danger

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...

There is a time when even justice brings harm.

There is a time when even justice brings harm.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.

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

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

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

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

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

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to...

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this...

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this...

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or...

Men do not fight for flag or country, for the Marine Corps or glory or...