Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
SOPHOCLESNo speech can stain what is noble by nature.
More Sophocles Quotes
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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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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The good befriend themselves.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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