Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.
Category: Sophocles
Sophocles (/ˈsɒfəkliːz/; Greek: Σοφοκλῆς, Sophoklēs, Ancient Greek: [so.pʰo.klɛ̂ːs]; c. 497/6 – winter 406/5 BC) is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived.
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Love, unconquerable,
Love, unconquerable,
Waster of rich men, keeper
Of warm lights and all-night vigil
In the soft face of a girl:
Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor!
Even the pure immortals cannot escape you,
And mortal man, in his one day’s dusk,
Trembles before your glory.
Sons are the anchors of a mother’s life.
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Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;
Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;
But when the truth entails tremendous ruin,
To speak dishonorably is pardonable.
There is no happiness where there is no wisdom;
No wisdom but in submission to the gods.
Big words are always punished,
And proud men in old age learn to be wise.
No man loves life like him that’s growing old.
Knowledge must come through action; you can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.
Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.
Rash indeed is he who reckons on the morrow, or haply on days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.
Wisdom is a curse when wisdom does nothing for the man who has it.
One word
Frees us of all the weight and pain of life:
That word is love.
How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be
When there’s no help in truth!
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Time eases all things.
Time eases all things.
It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.
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Don’t kill the messenger.
Don’t kill the messenger.
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For God hates utterly
For God hates utterly
The bray of bragging tongues.
Our ship of fate, which recent storms have threatened to destroy, has come safely to harbor at last.
I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare – I have no use for him, either.
Numberless are the world’s wonders, but none
More wonderful than man.