A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
SOPHOCLESThe soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.
More Sophocles Quotes
-
-
Without labor nothing prospers.
SOPHOCLES -
Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
SOPHOCLES -
Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
SOPHOCLES -
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
SOPHOCLES -
All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
SOPHOCLES -
Success, remember is the reward of toil.
SOPHOCLES -
A fearful man is always hearing things.
SOPHOCLES -
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
SOPHOCLES -
If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
SOPHOCLES -
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
SOPHOCLES -
One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
SOPHOCLES -
Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
SOPHOCLES -
When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
SOPHOCLES -
Stranger in a strange country.
SOPHOCLES -
The happiest life is to be without thought.
SOPHOCLES






