TEIRESIAS Alas how terrible is wisdom whenit brings no profit to the man thats wiseThis I knew well but had forgotten itelse I would not have come here.

TEIRESIAS
Alas how terrible is wisdom when
it brings no profit to the man thats wise
This I knew well but had forgotten it
else I would not have come here.
Sophocles

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The tyrant is a child of Pride
Who drinks from his sickening cup
Recklessness and vanity
Until from his high crest headlong
He plummets to the dust of hope.
- Sophocles

TEIRESIAS Alas how terrible is wisdom whenit brings no profit to the man thats wiseThis I knew well but had forgotten itelse I would not have come here. Sophocles

TEIRESIAS
Alas how terrible is wisdom when
it brings no profit to the man thats wise
This I knew well but had forgotten it
else I would not have come here.
Sophocles