If it were possible to heal sorrow by weeping and to raise the dead with tears, gold were less prized than grief.
SophoclesBut whoever gives birth to useless children, what would you say of him except that he has bred sorrows for himself, and furnishes laughter for his enemies.
SophoclesDo not believe that you alone can be right.The man who thinks that,The man who maintains that only he has the powerTo reason correctly, the gift to speak, the soul-A man like that, when you know him, turns out empty.
Sophocles