No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.

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• Sophocles:

  Not even Ares battles against necessity.

• Sophocles:

  Better not to exist than live basely.

• Sophocles:

  Not even old age knows how to love death.

• Sophocles:

  When trouble ends even troubles please.

• Sophocles:

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

• Sophocles:

  To live without evil belongs only to the gods.

• Sophocles:

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

• Sophocles:

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

• Sophocles:

  Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

• Sophocles:

  Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.