There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Quote by Sophocles

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It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the...

It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the...

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.

Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save...

Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test, which is not fanciful; save...

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

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

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

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

I see the state of all of us who live, nothing more than phantoms or...

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when...

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source...

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within...

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within...

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but...

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

The object of education is to give man the unity of truth. Formerly, when life...

The object of education is to give man the unity of truth. Formerly, when life...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance...

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and...

When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and...

A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one.

A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...