Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Quote by Sophocles

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him...

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him...

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

Reason is God's crowning gift to man.

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

If it were possible to cure evils by lamentation and to raise the dead with...

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...

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...

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better...

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a...

Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a...

No enemy is worse than bad advice.

No enemy is worse than bad advice.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by...

It was my care to make my life illustrious not by words more than by...

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

No honest man will argue on every side

No honest man will argue on every side

A fearful man is always hearing things.

A fearful man is always hearing things.

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...

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.