One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life
Subject:
Love & Romance   
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Death is not the worst; rather, in vain To wish for death, and not to compass it.
Subject:
Death   
Work: Electra
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It made our hair stand up in panic fear.
Subject:
Fear   
Quotes from Plays   
Work: Oedipus at Colonus
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A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers would one day suffer reverse.
Subject:
Sensible   
Quotes from Plays   
Work: Trachiniae
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life
Subject:
Life   
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Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.
Subject:
Speech   
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Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
Subject:
Knowledge   
Work: Trachiniae
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Stranger in a strange country.
Subject:
Miscellaneous   
Quotes from Plays   
Work: Oedipus at Colonus
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A short saying oft contains much wisdom.
Subject:
Quotations   
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It is not righteousness to outrage A brave man dead, not even though you hate him.
Subject:
Miscellaneous   
Work: Ajax
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.
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The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.
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