I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
SOPHOCLESWhat you can’t enforce, do not command.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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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.
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Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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