There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.

Quote by Sophocles

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There is a point at which even justice does injury.

There is a point at which even justice does injury.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

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...

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead...

Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead...

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?

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.

Who seeks shall find.

Who seeks shall find.

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

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

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by...

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by...

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

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...

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.

When trouble ends even troubles please.

When trouble ends even troubles please.

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

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

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