The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
SOPHOCLESThe oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
More Sophocles Quotes
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All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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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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Every man can see things far off but is blind to what is near.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Remember, nothing succeeds without toil.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.
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Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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