Sophocles Quotes Page 2
Best 83 Quotes by Sophocles – Page 2 of 3
“Isn't it the sweetest mockery to mock our enemies?”
“It is terrible to speak well and be wrong.”
“It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.”
“It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.”
“Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness.”
“Look and you will find it – what is unsought will go undetected.”
“Men of ill judgment ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it.”
“Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.”
“Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.”
“Much wisdom often goes with fewest words.”
“No enemy is worse than bad advice.”
“No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.”
“No speech can stain what is noble by nature.”
“No treaty is ever an impediment to a cheat.”
“Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.”
“Not knowing anything is the sweetest life.”
“Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.”
“Old age and the passage of time teach all things.”
“One must learn by doing the thing; though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try.”
“One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.”
“One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.”
“Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.”
“Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.”
“Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.”
“Reason is God's crowning gift to man.”
“Silence is an ornament for women.”
“Success is dependent on effort.”
“The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.”
“The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.”
“The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.”
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