Sophocles Quotes - Page 6

I am the child of Fortune, the giver of good, and I shall not be shamed. She is my mother; my sisters are the Seasons; my rising and my falling match with theirs. Born thus, I ask to be no other man than that I am.

To revive sorrow is cruel.

What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!

If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free.

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.

The tyrant is a child of pride.

No speech can stain what is noble by nature.

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.

Even the stout of heart shrink when they see the approach of death.

Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding.

I cannot love a friend whose love is words.

No honest man will argue on every side

Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing.

There is no witness so terrible, no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

All is disgust when one leaves his own nature and does things that misfit it.

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

Kindness begets kindness evermore.

Success, remember is the reward of toil.

Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.

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

Stranger in a strange country.

There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.

It is no weakness for the wisest man to learn when he is wrong.

A man growing old becomes a child again.