Reason is God's crowning gift to man, and you are rightTo warn me against losing mine. I cannot sayI hope that I shall never want to say! that youHave reasoned badly. Yet there are other menWho can reason, too; and their opinions might be helpful.You are not in a position to know everythingThat people say or do, or what they feel:Your temper terrifies themeveryoneWill tell you only what you like to hear.
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About Sophocles
Sophocles was 5th century bc athenian tragic playwright. Sophocles was an ancient Greek tragedian, one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Knowledge — The pursuit of learning, understanding, and intellectual growth