Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
SOPHOCLESGentle time will heal our sorrows.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Do not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the power To reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
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The kind of man who always thinks that he is right, that his opinions, his pronouncements, are the final word, when once exposed shows nothing there. But a wise man has much to learn without a loss of dignity.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
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Now let the weeping cease; Let no one mourn again. These things are in the hands of God.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.
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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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Surely, to think your own the only wisdom, and yours the only word, the only will, betrays a shallow spirit, an empty heart.
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Laziness is the mother of all evils.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
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