Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
SOPHOCLESWoman, to women silence is the best ornament.
SOPHOCLESNo honest man will argue on every side.
SOPHOCLESNot knowing anything is the sweetest life.
SOPHOCLESIt is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
SOPHOCLESHide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
SOPHOCLESIf you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
SOPHOCLESThe 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.
SOPHOCLESWhat greater wound is there than a false friend?
SOPHOCLESAll men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
SOPHOCLESA trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
SOPHOCLESLet men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
SOPHOCLESAlways desire to learn something useful.
SOPHOCLESIt is better not to live at all than to live disgraced.
SOPHOCLESYou don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
SOPHOCLESIf my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
SOPHOCLESThere is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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