Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
SOPHOCLESI would prefer even to fail with honor than win by cheating.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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What greater wound is there than a false friend?
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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If we always helped one another, no one would need luck.
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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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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Success, remember is the reward of toil.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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