The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
SOPHOCLESThere is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Stranger in a strange country.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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There is no success without hardship.
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It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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Without labor nothing prospers.
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