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.
SOPHOCLESWhat fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
More Sophocles Quotes
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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Truth hates delay. (Veritas odit moras.)
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, to speak dishonorably is pardonable.
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In season, all is good.
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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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The happiest life is to be without thought.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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A trifle is often pregnant with high importance; the prudent man neglects no circumstance.
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They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
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All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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