Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
SOPHOCLESThe truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
More Sophocles Quotes
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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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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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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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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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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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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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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