Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
SOPHOCLESWhat greater wound is there than a false friend?
More Sophocles Quotes
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Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.
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Opportunity has power over all things.
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If you are out of trouble, watch for danger. And when you live well, then consider the most your life, lest ruin take it unawares.
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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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Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.
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Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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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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Brave hearts do not back down back off.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
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