Knowledge must come through action.
SOPHOCLESMuch wisdom often goes with fewer words.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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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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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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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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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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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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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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