Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
SOPHOCLESDo not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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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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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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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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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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