How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
SOPHOCLESProfit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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In season, all is good.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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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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Despair often breeds disease.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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