Men of ill judgment oft ignore the goodThat lies within their hands, till they have lost it. -Sophocles

 

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the goodThat lies within their hands, till they have lost it.


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A short saying oft contains much wisdom.

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There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;No wisdom but in submission to the gods.Big words are always punished,And proud men in old age learn to be wise.

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To him who is in fear everything rustles. -Sophocles
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To revive sorrow is cruel.

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Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.

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Numberless are the world's wonders, but noneMore wonderful than man. -Sophocles
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O generations of men, how I count you as equal with those who live not at all!

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