“Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.”
More from Sophocles
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“A short saying often contains much wisdom.”
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“If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.”
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“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.”
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“You win the victory when you yield to friends.”
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“Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.”