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It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not.


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This page presents the quote "It is but sorrow to be wise when wisdom profits not.". Author of this quote is Sophocles, The Oedipus Tyrannus. This quote is about sorrow, greece, soothsaying, wisdom,.