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Would Quotes by Sophocles
- I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
- But whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for…
- I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.
- If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
- Whoever understands how to do a kindness when he fares well would be a friend better than any possession.
- If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with tears, then gold would be a less valuable thing than…
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
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- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- I try to work on shows that I would want to watch. — J. J. Abrams
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle
- Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer. — Giorgio Armani
- When it comes to the point where you occasionally look forward to being in prison on the basis that you might be… — Julian Assange