What did Sophocles mean by: How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise - Sophocles Playwright · Athens Copy
+ Alas, how quickly the gratitude owed to the dead flows off, how quick to be proved a deceiver. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Flow, Gratitude, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ Rather throw away that which is dearest to you, your own life, than turn away a good friend. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Good Friend, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ Pardon, and keep silent, for what is shameful for women must be concealed among women. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Forgiveness, Silence, Silent, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ A man who deals in fairness with his own, he can make manifest justice in the state. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Fairness, Justice, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Disgusting, Misfits, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who have it. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Benefit, Terrible, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
+ For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly. Feraz Zeid, January 3, 2024January 10, 2024, Sophocles, Casting, Worship, 0 - Sophocles Playwright · Athens
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. - Homer Poet · Greece
