How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
SOPHOCLESHow terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
SOPHOCLESOpportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
SOPHOCLESSurely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
SOPHOCLESKindness gives birth to kindness.
SOPHOCLESNo treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
SOPHOCLESFear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
SOPHOCLESI recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
SOPHOCLESThe oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
SOPHOCLESEach one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
SOPHOCLESWhoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
SOPHOCLESOpinions have greater power than strength of hands.
SOPHOCLESHe who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
SOPHOCLESIf my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
SOPHOCLESKnowledge must come through action.
SOPHOCLESTruly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
SOPHOCLESIt is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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