The Sophocles
The Sophocles
shadow humans human-beings
A human being is only breath and shadow.
friendship honest honest-friends
To throw awayan honest friend is, as it were, to throw your life away.
pain sleep mind
Sleep, thou patron of mankind, Great physician of the mind Who does nor pain nor sorrow know, Sweetest balm of every woe.
stupidity twins stubbornness
Stubbornness and stupidity are twins.
pain departed suffering
Count no mortal fortunate till he has departed this life free from pain.
fate blame knows
What fate can be worse than to know we have no one but ourselves to blame for our misfortunes!
friendship winning yield
You win the victory when you yield to friends.
rewards virtue secure
The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.
lows humans lays
A day lays low and lifts up again all human things.
fortune tyranny humans
Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.
judging antigone doe
It's terrible when the one who does the judging judges things all wrong.
cherish truth-is
The truth is what I cherish and that's my strength
heart men noble-man
When he endures nothing but endless miseries-- What pleasure is there in living the day after day, Edging slowly back and forth toward death? Anyone who warms their heart with the glow Of flickering hope is worth nothing at all. The noble man should either live with honor or die with honor. That's all there is to be said.
eye thinking stupidity
If you think my acts are foolishness; the foolishness may be in the fools eye.