One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is love.
Time eases all sorrows and heals all wounds.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
By silence, I hear other men’s imperfections and conceal my own.
Ignorant men don’t know what good they hold in their hands until they’ve flung it away.
Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.
The man who has no real enemy cannot be hurt by his friends.
To be doing good deeds is mans most glorious task.
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
There is a time when even justice brings harm.
Happiness eludes those who seek it outside themselves.
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
Man is not born to suffer.
There is an ancient saying, famous among men, that thou shouldst praise him who freely speaks what is right, and hold aloof from him who praises thee without cause.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
It is not right to bring back reputations rumor has stained.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word ‘happy’ would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
I am ready to face any challenge that may be foolish enough to face me.
No enemy is worse than one from your own kin.
Sophocles Quotes part 2
A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.
It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.
No one loves the messengers.
Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.
One swing can change the game.
Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
Some things are good, some things are bad. But everything is day and night.
Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.
Silence gives the proper grace to women.
Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.
Bad men are full of repentance.
Mortal men, who live in manifold illusion.
There is no success without hardship.
The mob is the mother of tyrants.
Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.
The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Wisdom blooms outwardly when the inside is full of meaning.
Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
Look and you will find it—what is unsought will go undetected.
Man is only bankrupt when he wants more than what he has.
It is only in adversity that a man can truly test his character.
Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands.
The good and the wise lead quiet lives.
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