There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
SOPHOCLESSurely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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He who throws away a friend is as bad as he who throws away his life.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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