“TEIRESIAS: Alas, how terrible is wisdom whenit brings no profit to the man that's wise!This I knew well, but had forgotten it,else I would not have come here.”

“Alas, how terrible is wisdomwhen it brings no profit to the man that's wise!This I knew well, but had forgotten it,else I would not have come here.”

“So here I am, against my will and yours too, well I know-- no one wants the man who brings bad news.”

“If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.”

“How terrible is wisdom when it brings no profit to the wise.”

“Another husband could be found and with That husband another son. But I have no mother now. I have no father. I cannot bring another brother to the world.”

“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness; and reverence towards the Gods must be inviolate. Great words of prideful men are ever punished with great blows, and, in old age, teach the chastened to be wise.”