When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
SOPHOCLESKnowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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In season, all is good.
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There is no success without hardship.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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