I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
SOPHOCLESA lie never lives to be old.
More Sophocles Quotes
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Despair often breeds disease.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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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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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
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Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.
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For whoever knows how to return a kindness he has received must be a friend above all price.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.
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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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