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The ideal condition Would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; But since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Antigone
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Antigone
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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.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Antigone
Death is not the worst; rather, in vain To wish for death, and not to compass it.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Electra
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A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers would one day suffer reverse.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Trachiniae
Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Trachiniae
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Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Trachiniae
Stranger in a strange country.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Oedipus at Colonus
The good befriend themselves.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Oedipus at Colonus
One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC), Oedipus at Colonus

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