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- Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;
but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable. - Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Creusa
- To him who is in fear everything rustles.
- Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Acrisius
- No man loves life like him that's growing old.
- Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Acrisius
- Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far.
- Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Rhesus, circa 435 B.C.
- There is one thing alone
that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience. - Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Hippolytus, 428 B.C.
- In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.
- Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Hippolytus, 428 B.C.
- My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged.
- Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Hippolytus, 428 B.C.
- In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side.
- Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Heraclidae, circa 428 B.C.
- Leave no stone unturned.
- Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Heraclidae, circa 428 B.C.
- A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.
- Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC), Iphigenia in Tauris, circa 412 B.C.
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