It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
SOPHOCLESIt is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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If you try to cure evil with evil you will add more pain to your fate.
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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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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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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