Sophocles Quotes

Let be the future: mind the present need and leave the rest to whom the rest concerns ... present tasks claim our care: the ordering of the future rests where it should rest.

The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.

I see that all of us who live are nothing but images or insubstantial shadow.

Time is a kindly God.

Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.

Many are the wonders of the world, and none so wonderful as man.

Troubles hurt the most when they prove self-inflicted.

Time, which sees all things, has found you out.

The curse of ignorance is that man without being good or evil is nevertheless satisfied with himself

Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to.

Kids are anchors of mothers' life

I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.

What greater wound is there than a false friend?

Silence gives the proper grace to women

Trouble brings trouble upon trouble.

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.

Better not to exist than live basely.

Success, remember is the reward of toil.

Stranger in a strange country.

It is best to live however one can be.

To throw awayan honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.

God's dice always have a lucky roll.

Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He's fit for public authority.

Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.

We must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day had been.

A wise player ought to accept his throws and score them, not bewail his luck.

A man is nothing but breath and shadow.

There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.

For most men friendship is a faithless harbor.

A mind at peace does not engender wars.

A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.

Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.

Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.

Not even Ares battles against necessity.

Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money.

Ignorance is a tough evil to conquer.

It is not righteousness to outrage A brave man dead, not even though you hate him.

When men have killed joy, I do not believe they still live.

What greater ornament to a son than a father's glory, or to a father than a son's honorable conduct?

Ill-gotten gains work evil.

Sleep's the only medicine that gives ease.

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.

A man though wise, should never be ashamed of learning more, and must unbend his mind.

Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.

Not to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came