Stranger in a strange country.
SOPHOCLESWhen I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Always desire to learn something useful.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Knowledge must come through action.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death–what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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You must remember that no one lives a life free from pain and suffering.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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