More from Sophocles
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
SophoclesSophocles You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
SophoclesSophocles Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
SophoclesSophocles Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
SophoclesSophocles What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
SophoclesSophocles A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
SophoclesSophocles Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
SophoclesSophocles I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
SophoclesSophocles You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
SophoclesSophocles Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
SophoclesSophocles Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
SophoclesSophocles If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
SophoclesSophocles Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
SophoclesSophocles Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
SophoclesSophocles A fearful man is always hearing things.
SophoclesSophocles Always desire to learn something useful.
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Ayn RandAyn Rand The God excuse, the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument.
George CarlinGeorge Carlin Several of them would have protested if they could have found the right arguments
George OrwellGeorge Orwell Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
George WashingtonGeorge Washington Arguments from authority carry little weight, authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.
Carl SaganCarl Sagan The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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