More from Sophocles
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
SophoclesSophocles You win the victory when you yield to friends.
SophoclesSophocles 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.
SophoclesSophocles God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
SophoclesSophocles Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
SophoclesSophocles It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
SophoclesSophocles Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
SophoclesSophocles You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
SophoclesSophocles Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
SophoclesSophocles Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
SophoclesSophocles What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
SophoclesSophocles A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick.
SophoclesSophocles Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
SophoclesSophocles I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
SophoclesSophocles You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
SophoclesSophocles Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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