Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
SOPHOCLESIf you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
More Sophocles Quotes
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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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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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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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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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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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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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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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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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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