Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
SOPHOCLESWhat people believe prevails over the truth.
More Sophocles Quotes
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Who seeks shall find.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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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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