Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
SOPHOCLESSurely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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