The Sophocles
The Sophocles
destiny
Whatever God has brought about Is to be borne with courage.
liars firsts resolve
Afterthought makes the first resolve a liar.
kindness
Kindness it is that brings forth kindness always.
uprising evil dying
Whoever lives among many evils just as I, how can dying not be a source of gain?
enemy
An enemy's gift is ruinous and no gift.
time
Time is a kindly God.
revenge men return
God will not punish the man Who makes return for an injury.
sleep eye men
The sleep of a sick man has keen eyes. It is a sleep unsleeping.
strength iron fire
The strongest iron, hardened in the fire, most often ends in scraps and shatterings.
dirty men profit
More men come to doom through dirty profits than are kept by them.
justice harm
There are times when even justice brings harm with it.
clever justice ifs
If they are just, they are better than clever.
time great-times all-things
Great Time makes all things dim.
evil gains ill
Ill-gotten gains work evil.