Knowledge must come through action.
SOPHOCLESA short saying often contains much wisdom.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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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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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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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 wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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