# Quote — Sophocles, Antigone

> I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare — I have no use for him, either.

- Author: [Sophocles](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles.md)
- Book: [Antigone](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles/antigone.md)
- Original (grc): ἐμοὶ γὰρ ὅστις πᾶσαν εὐθύνων πόλιν / μὴ τῶν ἀρίστων ἅπτεται βουλευμάτων, / ἀλλ᾿ ἐκ φόβου του γλῶσσαν ἐγκλῄσας ἔχει, / κάκιστος εἶναι νῦν τε καὶ πάλαι δοκεῖ· / καὶ μείζον᾿ ὅστις ἀντὶ τῆς αὑτοῦ πάτρας / φίλον νομίζει, τοῦτον οὐδαμοῦ λέγω.
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sophocles/antigone/i-have-nothing

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> Show me the man who keeps his house in hand,
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> He's fit for public authority.

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> Ill-gotten gains work evil.

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> Henceforth ye may thieve with better knowledge whence lucre should be won, and learn that it is not well to love gain from every source. For thou wilt find that ill-gotten pelf brings more men to ruin than to weal.

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