Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
SOPHOCLESWithout labor nothing prospers.
More Sophocles Quotes
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
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How dangerous can false reasoning prove!
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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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I cannot love a friend whose love is words.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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The Most beautiful human deed, is to be useful to others.
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Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.
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Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.
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A short saying often contains much wisdom.
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Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
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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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All concerns of men go wrong when they wish to cure evil with evil.
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