“One learns by doing the thing for though you think you know it you have no certainty until you try.”
More from Sophocles on Wisdom
“I am determined that never, if I can help it,Shall evil triumph over good." - Creon”
“A sight to touch e’en hatred’s self with pity.”
“For if any man thinks that he is alone is wise--that in speech, or in mind, he hath no peer--such a soul, when laid open, is ever found empty.”
“Alas! How sad when reasoners reason wrong.”
“It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not.”
“Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not help himself.”
“I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.”
“One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.”
“You win the victory when you yield to friends.”
“Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”