The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. SOPHOCLES AdversityOurselvesRecognitionSorrow
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue. SOPHOCLES DayHonestyOneselfSpaceTestTime
If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink. SOPHOCLES DrinkHimselfManThirstWisdom
A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance. SOPHOCLES CircumstanceImportantPregnant
The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity. SOPHOCLES DignityKindLearningLossManOpinionPronounceRightThinkingWord
All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it. SOPHOCLES DisgustHimselfLeavingNatureOneself
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. SOPHOCLES ChanceDayFearLiveManRule
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable. SOPHOCLES LyingRuinSorryTrue