Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.
SOPHOCLESGo then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.
More Sophocles Quotes
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Much wisdom often goes with fewer words.
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Children are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Remember there is no success without hard work.
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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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It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Woman, to women silence is the best ornament.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.
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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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Strike at a great man, and you will not miss.
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The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.
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Unwanted favours gain no gratitude.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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