Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
SOPHOCLESNo speech can stain what is noble by nature.
More Sophocles Quotes
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If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
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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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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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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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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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