Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
SOPHOCLESIf you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
More Sophocles Quotes
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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