If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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SOPHOCLES To touch the quick.
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SOPHOCLES If you try to cure evil with evil
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SOPHOCLES There is no greater evil than anarchy.
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SOPHOCLES Deem no man happy until he passes the end of his life without suffering grief.
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