Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
SOPHOCLESYou win the victory when you yield to friends.
More Sophocles Quotes
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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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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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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There is no success without hardship.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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Who seeks shall find.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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