Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
SOPHOCLESTime, which sees all things, has found you out.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Stranger in a strange country.
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You win the victory when you yield to friends.
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One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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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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Love, you mock us for your sport.
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Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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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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Sleep’s the only medicine that gives ease.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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