When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
SOPHOCLESA fearful man is always hearing things.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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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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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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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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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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