Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
SOPHOCLESEvery man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
More Sophocles Quotes
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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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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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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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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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