Sophocles Quotes - Page 4

Wise thinkers prevail everywhere.

Whom Jupiter would destroy he first drives mad.

Rash indeed is he who reckons on tomorrow, or happily on the days beyond it; for tomorrow is not, until today is past.

Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.

The soul that has conceived one wickedness can nurse no good thereafter.

Foolishness is indeed the sister of wickedness.

Always desire to learn something useful

Laziness is the mother of all evils.

A state is not a state if it belongs to one man.

There is no success without hardship.

Fortune never helps the fainthearted.

Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?

But the power of destiny is something awesome; neither wealth, nor Ares, nor a tower, nor dark-hulled ships might escape it.

Opinions have greater power than strength of hands.

If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

We have only a little time to please the living. But all eternity to love the dead.

The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.

Money: There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

Ugly deeds are taught by ugly deeds.

I recommend...bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.

Love, you mock us for your sport.

Things gained through unjust fraud are never secure.

Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.