All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
SOPHOCLESThe oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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It is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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In season, all is good.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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