Today Quotes
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Wisdom outweighs any wealth.Sophocles, Antigone
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, Antigone
Death is not the worst; rather, in vain
To wish for death, and not to compass it.Sophocles, Electra
A prudent mind can see room for misgiving, lest he who prospers would one day suffer reverse.Sophocles, Trachiniae
Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.Sophocles, Trachiniae
Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.Sophocles, Trachiniae
Stranger in a strange country.Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.Benjamin Franklin
The good befriend themselves.Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus
One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus