Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Quote by Sophocles

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It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

It's a terrible thing to speak well and be wrong.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

Reverence does not die with mortals, nor does it perish whether they live or die.

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

If one begins all deeds well, it is likely that they will end well too.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

You win the victory when you yield to friends.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.

Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be...

Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be...

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the...

Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the...

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those...

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his...

Evil counsel travels fast.

Evil counsel travels fast.

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

For the wretched one night is like a thousand; for someone faring well death is...

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

There is no success without hardship.

There is no success without hardship.

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have...

Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have...

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

Don't you know that silence supports the accuser's charge?

Evil gains work their punishment.

Evil gains work their punishment.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

Old age and the passage of time teach all things.

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.

A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.