A mind at peace does not engender wars.
SOPHOCLESThey are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.
More Sophocles Quotes
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The truth is always the strongest argument.
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A word does not frighten the man who, in acting feels no fear.
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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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You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.
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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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A wise doctor does not mutter incantations over a sore that needs the knife.
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Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.
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Tomorrow is tomorrow. Future cares have future cures, And we must mind today.
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None love the messenger who brings bad news.
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Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
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A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.
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Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.
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Fortune never helps the fainthearted.
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What you can’t enforce, do not command.
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Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
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Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
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A fearful man is always hearing things.
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Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
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No speech can stain what is noble by nature.
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No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.
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There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
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And if you think my acts are foolishness the foolishness may be in a fool’s eye.
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Money: There’s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.
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Kindness gives birth to kindness.
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Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.
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The truth is what I cherish and that’s my strength.
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