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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.

Sophocles
Wise, Wisdom, Communication

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 there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.

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Wise, Wisdom, Loss
Sophocles (1958). “The Oedipus plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone”, Signet

Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.

Sophocles
Wise, Wisdom, Men
Sophocles, Paul Roche (1991). “The Oedipus plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone”, Signet

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

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Wisdom, Men, Drink

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

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Motivational, Success, Wisdom
"Aletes". Play by Sophocles, Fragment 99,

It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.

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Wisdom, Men, Wisest Man
Sophocles (1955). “The Theban Plays: King Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonus [and] Antigone”

Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.

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Wise, Wisdom, Men
Sophocles (2007). “Dramas of Sophocles”, p.22, Wildside Press LLC

Man's highest blessedness, In wisdom chiefly stands; And in the things that touch upon the Gods, 'Tis best in word or deed To shun unholy pride; Great words of boasting bring great punishments, And so to grey-haired age Teach wisdom at the last.

Sophocles
Wisdom, Pride, Men
Sophocles, Edward Hayes PLUMPTRE (Dean of Wells.) (1867). “The Tragedies of Sophocles. A new translation, with a biographical essay by E. H. Plumptre”, p.177

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom.

Sophocles
Wisdom, Antigone
Sophocles (1939). “The Antigone of Sophocles: An English Version by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald”

The wise form right judgment of the present from what is past.

Sophocles
Wise, Wisdom, Past

There is no such thing as the old age of the wise.

Sophocles
Wise, Wisdom, Age

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