“For the wretched one night is like a thousand for someone faring well death is just one more night.”
Death
“You should not consider a man's age but his acts.”
AgeAll Quotes by Sophocles
“Always desire to learn something useful.”
Motivational“Not to be born is, past all prizing, best.”
Best“Reason is God's crowning gift to man.”
God“When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse.”
Happiness“Not even old age knows how to love death.”
Age“Whoever neglects the arts when he is young has lost the past and is dead to the future.”
Future“Trust dies but mistrust blossoms.”
Trust“Success is dependent on effort.”
Success“The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.”
Sad“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.”
Men“War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always.”
War“Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.”
Happiness“It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.”
Fear“Evil gains work their punishment.”
Work“God's dice always have a lucky roll.”
God“Silence is an ornament for women.”
Women“Time alone reveals the just man but you might discern a bad man in a single day.”
Alone“Hide nothing, for time, which sees all and hears all, exposes all.”
Time“It is the merit of a general to impart good news, and to conceal the truth.”
Truth