Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
SOPHOCLESUnwanted favours gain no gratitude.
SOPHOCLESA short saying often contains much wisdom.
SOPHOCLESDo nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
SOPHOCLESDon’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
SOPHOCLESIf my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
SOPHOCLESOpportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
SOPHOCLESMoney is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.
SOPHOCLESWhoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
SOPHOCLESNo speech can stain what is noble by nature.
SOPHOCLESFortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
SOPHOCLESOur happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
SOPHOCLESHow terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
SOPHOCLESGo then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
SOPHOCLESIf we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
SOPHOCLESYou should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
SOPHOCLESThere is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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