Sophocles Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
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One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.
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I'm not certain, but I have a little gypsy blood in me. And my mother always told me that her grandma could give someone the evil eye, and I'd better not cross her because she had some of that blood in her. Mother always believed that she could predict the future, and she had dreams that came true.
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Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
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The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.
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I played a character in 'Ransom' who was as evil as they come.
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If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.
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I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.
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The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.
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'Once Upon a Time', 'Mirror Mirror' - those shows and films focus on women and their conflict with one another. What the heck is going on in contemporary fairy tales? Women are not dominating the world; they are not evil.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Love truly does have the power to transcend evil. It can get us through the most unspeakable of events and give us the strength to keep on putting one foot in front of the other.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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We will fight evil, but we will do it from above 15,000 feet.
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God's truth is helped by no man's ignorance.
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While some misuse their freedom to perpetrate evil, millions respond by feeling compelled to use their freedom to do good.
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At the end of the day, I'm not some evil guy.
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Christ shared our experience; he suffered as we suffer; he died as we shall die, and for forty days in the desert he underwent the struggle between good and evil.
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Dracula is a metaphor for the evil that is so hard to undo in history.
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The world's big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.
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In the process of replacing the old religions, Christianity became a religion.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
