Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
SOPHOCLESEach one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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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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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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There is no success without hardship.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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