Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
SOPHOCLESFortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Opportunity is the best captain of all endeavor.
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A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.
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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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There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.
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Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.
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Kindness will always attract kindness.
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You should not consider a man’s age but his acts.
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Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
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Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.
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Stranger in a strange country.
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In a just cause the weak will beat the strong.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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How terrible is wisdom, when it brings no profit to the man that’s wise.
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