Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
SOPHOCLESStrike at a great man, and you will not miss.
More Sophocles Quotes
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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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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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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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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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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A lie never lives to be old.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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