They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
SOPHOCLESTime alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
More Sophocles Quotes
-
-
Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
SOPHOCLES -
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 -
Time is the only test of honest men, one day is space enough to know a rogue.
SOPHOCLES -
None love the messenger who brings bad news.
SOPHOCLES -
A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
SOPHOCLES -
Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
SOPHOCLES -
In season, all is good.
SOPHOCLES -
Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
SOPHOCLES -
How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
SOPHOCLES -
Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
SOPHOCLES -
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
SOPHOCLES -
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
SOPHOCLES -
What you can’t enforce, do not command.
SOPHOCLES -
What people believe prevails over the truth.
SOPHOCLES -
The good befriend themselves.
SOPHOCLES






