The good befriend themselves.
SOPHOCLESIf my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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No honest man will argue on every side.
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
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