Don’t you know that silence supports the accuser’s charge?
SOPHOCLESIf you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
More Sophocles Quotes
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One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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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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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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It is hope that maintains most of mankind.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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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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I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
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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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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
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In season, all is good.
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Kindness begets kindness evermore.
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The good befriend themselves.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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