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Teiresias: How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be
When there's no help in truth!

φεῦ φεῦ, φρονεῖν ὡς δεινὸν ἔνθα μὴ τέλη
λύῃ φρονοῦντι.

Original text (Ancient Greek)

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Notes from Wikiquote

Wisdom is a curse when wisdom does nothing for the man who has it. (tr. Stephen Berg and Diskin Clay, 1978)

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