More from Sophocles
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
SophoclesSophocles One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
SophoclesSophocles Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
SophoclesSophocles Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
SophoclesSophocles There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
SophoclesSophocles The truth is always the strongest argument.
SophoclesSophocles Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
SophoclesSophocles For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
SophoclesSophocles But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
SophoclesSophocles When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
SophoclesSophocles Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
SophoclesSophocles What people believe prevails over the truth.
SophoclesSophocles If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
SophoclesSophocles I would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
SophoclesSophocles Stranger in a strange country.
SophoclesSophocles It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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