Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
SOPHOCLESTomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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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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No honest man will argue on every side.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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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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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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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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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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