When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
SOPHOCLESThere is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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The good befriend themselves.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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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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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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