Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
SOPHOCLESLet men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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There is no success without hardship.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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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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Who seeks shall find.
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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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