Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
SOPHOCLESAnd if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Who seeks shall find.
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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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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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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