Sophocles
Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.Collection: Communication
Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.Collection: Fortune
You would rouse to anger a heart of stone.Collection: Anger
It is God's giving if we laugh or weep.Collection: Happiness
But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.Collection: Men
To revive sorrow is cruel.Collection: Sorrow
Whoever thinks his friend more important than his country, I rate him nowhere.Collection: Country
Fate has terrible power. You cannot escape it by wealth or war. No fort will keep it out, no ships outrun it.Collection: War
A broad-backed ox can be driven straight on his road even by a small goad.Collection: Driven
No oath can be too binding for a lover.Collection: Lovers
The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teachCollection: Learning
How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!Collection: Judging
You can kill a man but you cant kill a idea.Collection: Men
Gentle time will heal our sorrows.Collection: Grief
God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.Collection: Revenge
No speech can stain what is noble by nature.Collection: Noble
Oh child, may you be happier than your father, but in all other respects alike. And then you would not be bad.Collection: Children
Each say following another, either hastening or putting off our death--what pleasure does it bring? I count that man worthless whois cheered by empty hopes. No, a noble man must either live or die well.Collection: Hope
Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.Collection: Halloween
When trouble ends even troubles please.Collection: Trouble
For this I see, that we, all we that live, Are but vain shadows, unsubstantial dreams.Collection: Life
A friend in word is never friend of mine.Collection: Mines
In season, all is good.Collection: Good Times
Thoughts are mightier than strength of hand.Collection: Strength
Brave hearts do not back down back off.Collection: Heart
It is hope that maintains most of mankind.Collection: Mankind
Though a man be wise it is no shame for him to live and learn.Collection: Wise
Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in sickness and can conceal its miseries.Collection: Beautiful
Ignorant men do not know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.Collection: Appreciation
To the person who is afraid, everything rustles.Collection: Persons
The tyrant is a child of Pride Who drinks from his sickening cup Recklessness and vanity, Until from his high crest headlong He plummets to the dust of hope.Collection: Children
A mind at peace does not engender wars.Collection: War
They are not wise, then, who stand forth to buffet against Love; for Love rules the gods as he will, and me.Collection: Wise
The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest.Collection: Reason
It is not righteousness to outrage A brave man dead, not even though you hate him.Collection: Hate
It becomes one, while exempt from woes, to look to the dangers.Collection: Looks
The curse of ignorance is that man without being good or evil is nevertheless satisfied with himselfCollection: Ignorance
Many things are formidable, and none more formidable than man.Collection: Men
It has been hard, I know, my daughters, but one word alone wipes out all of the hardships: love.Collection: Love
Kids are anchors of mothers' lifeCollection: Mother
Ill-gotten gains work evil.Collection: Evil
To him who is afraid, everything rustles.Collection: Worry
The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not.Collection: Men
The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.Collection: Fall
I would rather miss the mark acting well than win the day acting basely.Collection: Winning
No greater evil can a man endure Than a bad wife, nor find a greater good Than one both good and wise; and each man speaks As judging by the experience of his life.Collection: Marriage
There is a time when even justice brings harm.Collection: Justice
For no one loves the bearer of bad tidings.Collection: Men