Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
SOPHOCLESGod will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
More Sophocles Quotes
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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The tyrant is a child of pride.
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Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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