The happiest life is to be without thought.
SOPHOCLESKnowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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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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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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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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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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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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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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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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