Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
SOPHOCLESLaziness is the mother of all evils.
More Sophocles Quotes
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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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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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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