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CytatySophoclesGreek tragic dramatist (496 BC - 406 BC)A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers would one day suffer reverse.A short saying oft contains much wisdom. Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish. Death is not the worst; rather, in vain To wish for death, and not to compass it. For God hates utterly The bray of bragging tongues. Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver. How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong! How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it. I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either. It is not righteousness to outrage A brave man dead, not even though you hate him. It made our hair stand up in panic fear. Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial. Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good That lies within their hands, till they have lost it. Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another. Nobody likes the man who brings bad news. |
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