Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
SOPHOCLESFortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
More Sophocles Quotes
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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Men of perverse opinion do not know the excellence of what is in their hands, till someone dash it from them.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
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