Laziness is the mother of all evils.
SOPHOCLESKnowledge must come through action.
More Sophocles Quotes
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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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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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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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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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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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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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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