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Wise Quotes by Sophocles
- A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
- A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
- Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
- The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing…
- A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
- 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…
- How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that's wise
- A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
- Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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