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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.

Sophocles

Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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Action Fancy Knowledge Test Trial Yourself
And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Act Eyes Fools Thinking
All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Cure Evil Man Wrong
Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Deception Profit Sweet
Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Alone Believe Empty Maintain Man Right Talk Thinking Yourself
It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Administration Fear Law Man Obedience People Stand State
The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Beautiful Human Use
No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Agreement Cheating Justice Treat
A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Himself Luck Player Wisdom
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Doctor Medicine Need Wisdom
A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Man Mindset Sick Wisdom
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Bad Love Messenger News
He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Friendship Himself Life Throw
A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Man Oneself State
A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Fools Happiness Himself Man Talk Thinking
You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Act Age Himself Man

Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.

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