The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
SOPHOCLESA wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
More Sophocles Quotes
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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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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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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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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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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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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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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