The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
SOPHOCLESMuch wisdom often goes with fewer words.
More Sophocles Quotes
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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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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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 terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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