And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
SOPHOCLESThe tyrant is a child of pride.
More Sophocles Quotes
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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