Knowledge must come through action.
SOPHOCLESDespair often breeds disease.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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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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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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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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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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