A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
SOPHOCLESA man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
More Sophocles Quotes
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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The good befriend themselves.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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