Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
SOPHOCLESThe Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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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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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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There is no success without hardship.
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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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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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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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