If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.
SOPHOCLESFortune never helps the fainthearted.
More Sophocles Quotes
-
-
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
SOPHOCLES -
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
SOPHOCLES -
Gentle time will heal our sorrows.
SOPHOCLES -
Remember there is no success without hard work.
SOPHOCLES -
Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
SOPHOCLES -
Stranger in a strange country.
SOPHOCLES -
One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.
SOPHOCLES -
A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.
SOPHOCLES -
What you can’t enforce, do not command.
SOPHOCLES -
A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
SOPHOCLES -
A mind at peace does not engender wars.
SOPHOCLES -
When I do not understand, I like to say nothing.
SOPHOCLES -
Always desire to learn something useful.
SOPHOCLES -
Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
SOPHOCLES -
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
SOPHOCLES