Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
SOPHOCLESThe tyrant is a child of pride.
More Sophocles Quotes
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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In season, all is good.
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Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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